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Zelenskyy mixes taunts, peace-talks offer in letter to Putin
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John Bolton reaches deal to plead guilty over classified information
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Trump cuts funds to Hawaii fraud unit, threatening state’s Medicaid funding
The state Department of the Attorney General said in a statement today that it will ask the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to reconsider its decision to defraud the Hawaii unit. Read more
Senate Republicans clash over Trump ‘anti-weaponization’ fund
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