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JD Vance breaks tie to confirm Hegseth as US defence secretary
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Trump administration directs US agencies to start firing diversity staff
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Photos show shackled detainees on US military planes as Trump ramps up immigration arrests
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Trump has threatened Russia with tougher economic sanctions.
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US arrests, deports hundreds of ‘illegal immigrants’: Trump press chief
"Promises made. Promises kept," US President's press secretary says.
Trump declassifies JFK, RFK, Martin Luther King Jr assassination files
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Mexico builds tent city on US border as mass deportations loom
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Trump considers letting disaster-hit US states fend for themselves
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