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Army general who oversaw Afghanistan withdrawal promoted to four-star officer after GOP senator drops hold
Some key GOP senators open to no FBI background checks on Trump picks
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US President Donald Trump (L) meets with French President Emmanuel Macron ahead of a working lunch, at the US ambassador's residence, on the sidelines of the NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) summit, in Brussels, on May 25, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / Peter Dejong (Photo credit should read PETER DEJONG/AFP via Getty Images)
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Macron’s Paris invite shows power fast flowing from Biden to Trump
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Trump’s trade threats put the world on a precipice and may say a lot about his second term
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In this January 20, 2017 photo, then-President Donald Trump signs an executive order commanding federal agencies to try to waive or delay requirements of former President Barack Obama's health-care law, the Affordable Care Act (ACA), in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC.
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Nancy Mace, now targeting transgender lawmaker, called herself ‘pro-transgender rights’ in 2023

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President-elect Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on Wednesday, November 13.
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