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Donald Trump Is Elected President in Stunning Repudiation of the Establishment
Donald John Trump was elected the 45th president of the United States on Tuesday in a stunning culmination of an explosive, populist and polarizing campaign that took relentless aim at the institutions and long-held ideals of American democracy.
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Donald Trump’s Path to the White House
WASHINGTON — Donald John Trump was inaugurated as the 45th president of the United States on Friday, ushering in a new era that he vowed would shatter the established order and reverse a national decline that he called “this American carnage. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/20/us/politics/trump-inauguration-day.html -
Trump Orders Mexican Border Wall to Be Built
WASHINGTON — President Trump on Wednesday began a sweeping crackdown on illegal immigration, ordering the immediate construction of a border wall with Mexico and aggressive efforts to find and deport unauthorized immigrants. He planned additional actions to cut back on legal immigration, including barring Syrian refugees from entering the United States. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/25/us/politics/refugees-immigrants-wall-trump.html -
Despite a Trust, Ivanka Trump Still Wields Power Over Her Brand
Ms. Trump may address potential conflicts by recusing herself from related White House business or by vetoing a deal for her company, said an ethics lawyer who advises her. https://nyti.ms/2ntIFmP -
Russia Renewed Unused Trump Trademarks in 2016
In late 2016 Russia’s trademark agency, headed by an ally of Russian president Vladimir Putin, approved the extension of six trademarks held by now-U.S. President Donald Trump’s organization. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/18/us/politics/russia-trump-trademarks.html -
Senate Rejects Slimmed-Down Obamacare Repeal as McCain Votes No
The Senate in the early hours of Friday morning rejected a new, scaled-down Republican plan to repeal parts of the Affordable Care Act, derailing the Republicans’ seven-year campaign to dismantle President Barack Obama’s signature health care law and dealing a huge political setback to President Trump.
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Iran Says New U.S. Sanctions Violate Nuclear Deal
Iran said new sanctions imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday break the terms of its nuclear deal with the United States and other world powers, and vowed an “appropriate and proportional” response. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/01/world/middleeast/iran-nuclear-trump-sanctions-complaint.html?mtrref=undefined&gwh=BED72CEBFEEB13D1242082661521F75D&gwt=pay -
Trump Defends Initial Remarks on Charlottesville; Again Blames ‘Both Sides’
President Donald Trump, in a staggering, impromptu news conference in New York on Tuesday, blamed the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, over the weekend on both sides of the conflict -- equating the white supremacists on one side with the "alt-left" on the other side -- after his top White House aides spent days trying to clean up after Trump's initial vague response to the violence.
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Trump Says He Will Not Talk to North Korea. Experts Fear He Will.
WASHINGTON — President Trump vowed on Wednesday that he would not talk to Kim Jong-un, cooling off what has become his on-again, off-again cultivation of North Korea’s rogue dictator. -
Trump to Propose Sweeping Tax Cut for Corporations and Individuals
Donald Trump on Wednesday unveiled an ambitious tax plan, proposing sweeping tax cuts for individuals and corporations in what the president dubbed a “once-in-a-generation” opportunity to overhaul America’s tax code. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/26/us/politics/trump-tax-cut-corporations-individuals.html -
U.S. Will Withdraw From Unesco, Citing Its ‘Anti-Israel Bias’
The United States has withdrawn from Unesco over what it claims is the organisation’s “continuing anti-Israel bias” – a move that has just been followed by Israel itself.
