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[Desmond Lachman] Bad news for Republicans

American Democratic political strategist James Carville famously dictated a mantra for Bill Clinton’s successful 1992 presidential campaign: “It’s the economy, stupid.” That’s true in this November’s midterm election as well, and US President Donald Trump’s Republican Party would seem to be in for a shellacking.

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Diplomática de Cuba en EEUU dice que las sanciones de Trump son “pretexto” para una acción militar

WASHINGTON (AP) — Las recientes sanciones de Estados Unidos contra el liderazgo de Cuba y la acusación contra el expresidente Raúl Castro son un “pretexto” para que el gobierno del presidente Donald Trump convenza al pueblo estadounidense de apoyar una intervención militar, declaró a The Associated Press la principa…

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House advances bill to fund Trump's immigration actions for the rest of his term

WASHINGTON — A bill to provide nearly $70 billion for immigration enforcement narrowly cleared a key procedural hurdle Tuesday in the House as Republicans moved to fund a pair of Homeland Security agencies through the next three years and the rest of President Donald Trump's time in office.

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(News Focus) Summit shows China more focused on countering U.S. influence than curbing N.K. nukes: expert

WASHINGTON, June 9 (Yonhap) -- China appeared more focused on countering U.S. regional influence than on addressing North Korea's nuclear program, given the absence of any public reference to Pyongyang's denuclearization in either country's readout of their summit this week, an expert said Tuesday.

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House passes bill aimed at establishing inter-parliamentary dialogue among S. Korea, U.S., Japan

WASHINGTON, June 9 (Yonhap) -- The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bipartisan bill aimed at establishing a formal inter-parliamentary dialogue among South Korea, the United States and Japan to advance their cooperation on security, economic and other priorities, a congressman's office said Tuesday.

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How a regional defence pact could deal the final blow to Israel's violent expansionism

The brief exchange of fire between Iran and Israel was a truer statement of the balance of power that now exists between these two countries than the many spurious claims by US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about having “smashed”, “destroyed” or “obliterated” the armed forces o…

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Most Israelis oppose ending Iran war under current terms as faith in Trump sees decline - poll

A new survey by the Israeli Democracy Institute (IDI) found a sharp decline in the share of Jewish Israelis who believe US President Donald Trump views Israel's security as a central consideration, alongside broad skepticism about a potential US-Iran agreement and continued dissatisfaction with the government's hand…

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Trump's relationship with Erdogan a ‘constraining factor for the Turks,’ expert tells ‘Post’

US President Donald Trump’s relationship with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is “somewhat” “calming down” the increasingly strained relationship between Jerusalem and Ankara, Dr. Gallia Lindenstrauss, a senior research fellow at the Institute for National Security Studies specializing in Turkish affairs, tol…

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