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• Seattle Mayor Responds to President Trump: My City 'Isn't Afraid of Immigrants'

  13-04-2019 23:18 via news.yahoo.com
  "This President should spend a little bit more time trying to learn from us."
  
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• UPDATE 1-Tornado hits small Texas town, seven reported hurt

  13-04-2019 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  At least seven people were hurt and the small east Texas town of Franklin sustained major damage on Saturday when a tornado touched down amid severe thunderstorms in the region, police and local media said."The city of Franklin sustained heavy damage from the storms," the Robertson County Sheriff's Office said in an internet alert.Power outages were reported in nearby communities as well as thunderstorms pounded the state and a swath of the U.S. South.
  
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• Democrat Sets April 23 Deadline for IRS to Send Trump Taxes

  13-04-2019 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  Neal, a Massachusetts Democrat, sent a second letter to the Internal Revenue Service on Saturday, asking for six years of Trump’s personal and business returns.“Please know that, if you fail to comply, your failure will be interpreted as a denial of my request,” Neal wrote.
  
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• 2.7 magnitude earthquake hits Oakland, 2.9 quake strikes near Berkeley

  13-04-2019 22:38 via news.yahoo.com
  Two small earthquakes struck the East Bay on Saturday. The largest was a 2.9 quake that struck near Berkeley.
  
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• US seeks $10 bn trade finance fund for Venezuela: Mnuchin

  13-04-2019 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  The United States is working with a group of countries to build a $10 billion fund to help Venezuela rebuild trade once a new government is in place, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Saturday.The United States has joined dozens of other countries in recognizing Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido as interim president but embattled President Nicolas Maduro remains in power.Mnuchin said that, during the spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank, officials had dis
  
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• US, Japan trade talks will include currency: Mnuchin

  13-04-2019 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  With US-Japan trade talks set to begin Monday, US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Saturday any agreement will include a requirement to refrain from manipulating currencies to gain an advantage in international trade.The US priority is that countries "don't in any way manipulate their currency for purposes of competitive advantages," Mnuchin told reporters on the sidelines of the spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank.US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer is
  
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• Police: Mother tries karate, son strips and dog steals cornbread at Walmart

  13-04-2019 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  The incident occurred Wednesday evening when Eau Claire, Wisconsin, police responded to a theft call at a Walmart, the department said on Facebook.
  
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• Severe damage in the aftermath of a possible tornado

  13-04-2019 22:27 via news.yahoo.com
  A possible tornado in Franklin, Texas left a trail of destruction through this neighborhood.
  
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• Eerie funnel clouds appear overhead in wake of possible tornado

  13-04-2019 22:27 via news.yahoo.com
  A possible tornado touched down in Franklin, Texas. These funnel clouds appeared just moments before.
  
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• Democrats give Trump 10 days to hand over tax returns

  13-04-2019 22:05 via news.yahoo.com
  Democratic lawmakers on Saturday gave tax authorities a final deadline of April 23 to hand over President Donald Trump's tax returns, which Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said the administration was considering.Democrats have seized on the issue of Trump's undisclosed taxes since taking control of the House of Representatives -- citing a little-known law that allows Congress to review anyone's returns to conduct an investigation."I am aware that concerns have been raised regarding my request
  
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• 'Justice for Palestine' protesters interrupt Cory Booker's campaign kickoff speech

  13-04-2019 22:02 via news.yahoo.com
  NEWARK, N.J. — Cory Booker delivered a message of “love” and unity at his campaign’s “hometown kickoff” on Saturday, but the New Jersey senator’s speech was interrupted by pro-Palestinian activists shouting “Justice for Palestine.”
  
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• Game of Thrones Meets International Relations: A Match Made In Heaven?

  13-04-2019 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  George R. R. Martin, author of the acclaimed A Song of Ice and Fire book series which has been brilliantly adapted for television as HBO’s Game of Thrones, is fond of invoking a quote by William Faulkner that, “The only thing worth writing about is the human heart in conflict with itself.” While both Thrones and its literary inspiration have done a masterful job portraying such conflict, fans of the series have been equally if not more transfixed by the external conflicts erupt
  
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• Sudan's new military ruler vows to 'uproot' Bashir regime

  13-04-2019 21:41 via news.yahoo.com
  Sudan's second new military leader in as many days vowed Saturday to "uproot" deposed president Omar al-Bashir's regime and release protesters, in a bid to placate demonstrators demanding civilian rule."I announce the restructuring of state institutions according to the law and pledge to fight corruption and uproot the regime and its symbols," General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan said, a day after he was sworn in to head Sudan's new ruling military council.Career soldier Burhan took the helm of Sudan'
  
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• Ohio is the latest state to pass a 'heartbeat' abortion bill. Could the legal challenges eventually upend Roe v. Wade?

  13-04-2019 21:39 via news.yahoo.com
  With the stroke of a pen by Gov. Mike DeWine, Ohio became the third state this year to pass a "heartbeat" bill banning abortion as early as six weeks into a pregnancy.
  
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• 2.9 preliminary magnitude earthquake strikes near Berkeley

  13-04-2019 21:36 via news.yahoo.com
  A 2.9 preliminary magnitude earthquake has struck near Berkeley, according to the USGS.
  
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• 'I stand undeterred': Ilhan Omar fires back after Trump shares 9/11 video

  13-04-2019 21:31 via news.yahoo.com
  Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., issued a five-tweet response on Saturday after President Trump and others attacked her by promulgating a video with jarring images of the 9/11 attacks.
  
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• House panel chairman gives IRS April 23 deadline on Trump taxes

  13-04-2019 21:23 via news.yahoo.com
  In an April 13 letter that appeared to move Democrats closer to a federal court battle against the Trump administration, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal warned the IRS that failure to comply with his request for six years of Trump's individual and business returns by April 23 would be interpreted as a denial.The Trump administration has already missed an initial April 10 deadline for providing the tax records, which Neal first set when he made his request on April 3.
  
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• Pelosi hits Trump over use of 9/11 images to criticize Muslim lawmaker

  13-04-2019 21:13 via news.yahoo.com
  "The President shouldn't use the painful images of 9/11 for a political attack."On Friday, Trump tweeted a video suggesting that Omar, a U.S. representative from Minnesota, was dismissive of the Sept. 11 attacks."No one person – no matter how corrupt, inept, or vicious – can threaten my unwavering love for America," Omar wrote in a tweet on Saturday.
  
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• UPDATE 1-Pelosi hits Trump over use of 9/11 images to criticize Muslim lawmaker

  13-04-2019 21:10 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi criticized President Donald Trump on Saturday for a Twitter post that used 9/11 imagery while suggesting Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, a Muslim, was dismissive of the New York attacks."The memory of 9/11 is sacred ground, and any discussion of it must be done with reverence," Pelosi said in a statement posted on Twitter.On Friday, Trump tweeted a video suggesting that Omar, a U.S. representative from Minnesota, was dismissive of the Sept.
  
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• From the C/D Archives: How Has the Volkswagen Jetta GLI Changed from 1988 to 2019?

  13-04-2019 20:30 via news.yahoo.com
  It's remarkable how similar our 1988 model test is to the one we published last week.
  
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• Will Chicago win their lawsuit against Jussie Smollett?

  13-04-2019 20:27 via news.yahoo.com
  Attorney Andrew Stoltmann says the city's lawsuit against Jussie Smollett is about embarrassing Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx.
  
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• Eastern Libya parliament head says forces will push Tripoli campaign

  13-04-2019 20:26 via news.yahoo.com
  In a possible new front, the eastern Libya National Army (LNA) was readying a unit to move to the Es Sider and Ras Lanuf oil ports, Libya's biggest, on the eastern coast, anticipating an attack from an armed group allied to Serraj, eastern military officials said.Last week the European Union had called on the LNA to stop its attacks, having agreed on a statement after France and Italy sparred over how to handle the conflict.
  
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• Booker Tries to Energize Campaign, Saying Change ‘Can’t Wait'

  13-04-2019 20:26 via news.yahoo.com
  “We can’t wait when this administration is throwing children fleeing violence into cages, banning Muslims from entering the nation founded on religious liberty, and preventing brave transgender Americans from serving the country they love,” Booker said.During the rally -- part street festival with face-painting and food trucks -- in the city where Booker rose to prominence as mayor, he also said he’ll push for reproductive rights and for ways to attack income inequality.B
  
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• Booker Says Change `Can't Wait' as He Tries to Energize Campaign

  13-04-2019 20:26 via news.yahoo.com
  “We can’t wait when this administration is throwing children fleeing violence into cages, banning Muslims from entering the nation founded on religious liberty, and preventing brave transgender Americans from serving the country they love,” Booker said.During the rally -- part street festival with face-painting and food trucks -- in the city where Booker rose to prominence as mayor, he also said he’ll push for reproductive rights and for ways to attack income inequality.B
  
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• Chief: Boy thrown from Mall of America balcony being treated

  13-04-2019 20:23 via news.yahoo.com
  BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) — A 5-year-old boy who was thrown from a third-floor balcony at the Mall of America near Minneapolis remains hospitalized with serious injuries, authorities said Saturday.
  
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• Does Cory Booker have a chance to win the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination?

  13-04-2019 20:13 via news.yahoo.com
  Democratic strategists Antjuan Seawright and Blake Rutherford weigh in on New Jersey Democrat Sen. Cory Booker’s chances on winning the 2020 presidential nomination.
  
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• Roger Stone tells court he alone is entitled to see the Mueller report

  13-04-2019 19:52 via news.yahoo.com
  In a flurry of legal filings, Roger Stone's defense team argues that he and his defense team should be allowed an exclusive look at the Mueller report.
  
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• Former top Obama intel lawyer praises 'very shrewd' indictment of Assange for skirting First Amendment issues

  13-04-2019 19:51 via news.yahoo.com
  Robert Litt, chief counsel to the Director of National Intelligence under Barack Obama, discussed WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on the Yahoo News podcast "Skullduggery."
  
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• Sudanese army holds 1st meeting with protesters since coup

  13-04-2019 19:50 via news.yahoo.com
  CAIRO (AP) — Sudanese political parties and movements behind nearly four months of anti-government protests met with the country's military on Saturday, activists and the military said, holding the first talks since the army forced President Omar al-Bashir from power two days ago.
  
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• Democratic 2020 Candidates Speak Out in Support of Rep. Omar After President Trump's Twitter Attack

  13-04-2019 19:36 via news.yahoo.com
  Trump tweeted an edited clip of Rep. Ilhan Omar speaking and footage from the Sept. 11 attacks
  
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• Nancy Pelosi: Trump Is ‘Wrong’ to Use Edited 9/11 Footage in ‘Political Attack’

  13-04-2019 19:20 via news.yahoo.com
  REUTERS/Jonathan ErnstHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Saturday blasted President Trump, claiming that the commander-in-chief was threatening the safety of Rep. Ilhan Omar, after he tweeted an edited video of 9/11 footage attacking the Minnesota Democrat.“The memory of 9/11 is sacred ground, and any discussion of it must be done with reverence.  The president shouldn’t use the painful images of 9/11 for a political attack,” tweeted Pelosi. “It is wrong for the president
  
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• Do 'the right thing': People who can't get vaccinated during a measles outbreak rely on the healthy

  13-04-2019 19:20 via news.yahoo.com
  Children and adults who can’t vaccinate because of a age, a weakened immune system or a medical treatment are vulnerable during measles outbreaks.
  
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• Yemeni bodegas boycott New York Post over attacks on Ilhan Omar

  13-04-2019 19:07 via news.yahoo.com
  Murdoch-owned paper published front page that Yemeni American Merchants Association says ‘provoked hatred’The groups says attacks on Ilhan Omar are making Muslim Americans less safe. Photograph: Jim Bourg/ReutersA group of New York corner-store owners has announced a boycott on the sale of the New York Post, arguing that the Rupert Murdoch-owned newspaper’s attacks on the congresswoman Ilhan Omar are making Muslim Americans less safe.On Thursday, the Post published a front page
  
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• North Korean leader open to third Trump summit: KCNA

  13-04-2019 19:06 via news.yahoo.com
  US President Donald Trump on Saturday backed a possible third summit with North Korea, after Kim Jong Un said he would be willing to meet his American counterpart if Washington comes to the table with the "right attitude".Kim said he would wait until the end of the year "for the US to make a courageous decision" to change its approach and smooth the path to another meeting, state media reported, after his most recent summit with Trump in Vietnam broke down without agreement."I agree with Kim Jon
  
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• Trump Accuses ‘Radical Left’ of Wanting to Retry the ‘No Collusion Mueller Report’

  13-04-2019 18:55 via news.yahoo.com
  REUTERS/Jorge SilvaPresident Donald Trump took to Twitter early Saturday morning to question why “Radical Left Democrats” should get the opportunity to “retry and examine the $35,000,000 (two years in the making) No Collusion Mueller Report, when the crime committed was by Crooked Hillary, the DNC and Dirty Cops?” He finished the tweet with, “Attorney General Barr will make the decision!” Trump has vacillated between embracing and criticizing the nearly 400-pa
  
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• Louisiana, Mississippi and Arkansas are Southern states most at risk of tornadoes Saturday

  13-04-2019 18:50 via news.yahoo.com
  Folks in the South are in for a stormy and potentially dangerous Saturday, meteorologists warn. "There is a significant risk for severe thunderstorms and tornadoes."
  
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• Pelosi slams Trump over attack on Muslim congresswoman using 9/11 images

  13-04-2019 18:22 via news.yahoo.com
  "The President shouldn't use the painful images of 9/11 for a political attack."On Friday, Trump tweeted a video suggesting that Omar, a Democratic U.S. representative from Minnesota, was dismissive of the Sept. 11 attacks.
  
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• Democrats set new deadline for release of Trump tax returns

  13-04-2019 18:06 via news.yahoo.com
  House committee chair has authority to demand releaseWhite House has said tax information will not be shared Donald Trump has refused to release his tax returns. Photograph: Carlos Barría/ReutersDonald Trump’s tax returns must be handed to House Democrats by 23 April, a leading committee chair said on Saturday. Democrats initially set a 10 April deadline for the returns but this week treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin said he needed more time to assess issues raised by the request. O
  
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• New military council leader promises civilian government for Sudan

  13-04-2019 17:56 via news.yahoo.com
  In his first televised address, Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan Abdelrahman said he was also cancelling a night curfew ordered by his predecessor and ordered the release of allprisoners jailed under emergency laws put in place by ousted President Omar al-Bashir.A coalition of groups leading the protests said it had accepted an invitation by the armed forces to meet on Saturday to discuss a new civilian government.Bashir was overthrown on Thursday after weeks of mass protests brought on
  
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• Trump questions why Democrats should get Mueller report

  13-04-2019 17:02 via news.yahoo.com
  US President Donald Trump questioned Saturday whether Congressional Democrats should have access to a redacted version of the Mueller report that cleared him of conspiring to collude with Russia during the 2016 election.Attorney General Bill Barr has indicated he will hand over a restricted copy of the 400-page report by Special Counsel Robert Mueller that edits out "sensitive" details sometime next week."Why should Radical Left Democrats in Congress have a right to retry and examine the $35,000
  
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• Self-Driving Light Trucks Will Be Allowed on California Roads

  13-04-2019 17:00 via news.yahoo.com
  With no delivery fees.
  
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• Mall of America incident: Man charged after child possibly pushed from 3rd floor

  13-04-2019 16:49 via news.yahoo.com
  A man has been charged after police allege he critically injured a child at the Mall of America on Friday.
  
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• Employers at India's stricken Jet Airways protest

  13-04-2019 16:35 via news.yahoo.com
  Several hundred employees of India's beleaguered Jet Airways held a protest at Delhi airport on Saturday demanding to be paid and calling for the company to be rescued.All but around half a dozen of its 119 aircraft are grounded and all international flights are suspended until Monday.Once India's second-biggest airline by market share, the Mumbai-based firm has defaulted on loans and struggled to pay aircraft lessors and staff.
  
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• Appeals for restraint as Ukraine's presidential race turns nasty

  13-04-2019 16:11 via news.yahoo.com
  Ukraine's interior ministry on Saturday called on a comedian tipped to become the country's next president and his incumbent rival not to exacerbate tensions ahead of a run-off in a high-stakes election.Nerves are starting to fray as polls show the comic and actor Volodymyr Zelensky easily defeating President Petro Poroshenko for the leadership of a country seen as the biggest frontier between Europe and Russia."We are approaching the final phase of the election campaign and the atmosphere in so
  
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• 'Radicalized' couple behind viral AOC ad launches pro-socialism, Netflix-like service

  13-04-2019 16:02 via news.yahoo.com
  Two filmmakers who gained national attention for making a campaign video for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are launching a pro-socialism media company.
  
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• The Marines Are Eyeing A Speedboat That Transforms Into A Spy Sub

  13-04-2019 16:00 via news.yahoo.com
  There’s nothing more fearsome than the sight of battle-hardened Marines storming an enemy beach, but even the service’s tried-and-true ship-to-shore maneuvers need for 21st-century warfare. Thanks to some engineering ingenuity, the Marine Corps may have found a new vehicle of choice for amphibious assaults.(This article originally appeared at Task & Purpose. Follow Task & Purpose on Twitter. This article first appeared in 2017.)As part of the Ship-To-Shore Maneuver Exploratio
  
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• Kim open to another summit with Trump, with conditions

  13-04-2019 15:49 via news.yahoo.com
  PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said he is open to a third summit with President Donald Trump, but set the year's end as a deadline for Washington to offer mutually acceptable terms for an agreement to salvage the high-stakes nuclear diplomacy, the North's state-run media said Saturday.
  
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• Soccer-Klopp calls alleged racist abuse of Liverpool's Salah 'disgusting'

  13-04-2019 15:13 via news.yahoo.com
  Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp described alleged racist abuse directed at striker Mohamed Salah by some Chelsea fans as "disgusting" and called for those responsible to be banned from all soccer stadiums for life.Three fans were stopped from entering Slavia Prague's stadium for Thursday's Europa League clash after a video emerged on social media with an alleged racist chant about Egypt international Salah.Chelsea, who visit Premier League leaders Liverpool on Sunday, condemned any form of discr
  
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• RPT-NEWSMAKER-Chevron CEO proves dealmaker with $33 bln offer for Anadarko

  13-04-2019 15:07 via news.yahoo.com
  Chevron Corp's proposed $33-billion deal for Anadarko Petroleum Corp vaults the company into top ranks of the world's biggest oil companies and cements its chief executive, Mike Wirth, as a dealmaker.The merger, the sixth largest energy acquisition by value, propels Chevron two spots to the second-largest major by oil output, behind Exxon Mobil Corp, according to research firms Drillinginfo and Wood Mackenzie.The deal announced on Friday comes less than three months after Wirth bought Pasadena R
  
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• North Korea's Kim Jong Un gives U.S. to year-end to become more flexible

  13-04-2019 15:06 via news.yahoo.com
  Kim said he will wait "till the end of this year" for the United States to decide to be more flexible, according to KCNA."It is essential for the U.S. to quit its current calculation method and approach us with a new one," Kim said in a speech to the Supreme People's Assembly on Friday, KCNA said.Trump and Kim have met twice, in Hanoi in February and Singapore in June, building goodwill but failing to agree on a deal to lift sanctions in exchange for North Korea abandoning its nuclear and missil
  
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