US and China Trade Journalist Expulsions in Tit-For-Tat Moves

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has revoked the visa of a Chinese national working for the state news agency Xinhua in the United States, in an apparent reciprocal act to Beijing’s decision to expel a New York Times reporter. A person familiar with the matter confirmed the visa had been revoked. The person spoke …

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Trump Signs Order to Use HHS Vaccine Assessment as Federal Guide

May 29 (Reuters) – U.S. President ⁠Donald ⁠Trump signed an ⁠executive order to acknowledge a ​recent scientific assessment by the Department of Health ‌and Human Services on ‌childhood vaccines as a ⁠guide ⁠for the federal government, the White House said ​on Friday. The order directs the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and ​its …

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Chain-Reaction Bus Crash on Virginia Highway Kills 5 People, Injures Over 40

May 29 (Reuters) – Five people were killed ⁠and ⁠more than 40 others injured, ⁠three critically, after a tour bus plowed into ​a sport utility vehicle early on Friday, triggering a fiery, chain-reaction crash on ‌a U.S. highway in Northern ‌Virginia, state police said. A preliminary investigation showed that the bus driver ⁠failed ⁠to reduce …

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Hegseth Reassures Pacific Allies as He Softens China ‘Threat’ Rhetoric

SINGAPORE (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth assured Pacific allies on Saturday that Washington remained committed to the region, but toned down previous comments calling China a threat. Speaking to a group of world leaders, diplomats and top security officials at the Shangri-La defense conference in Singapore, Hegseth said that the region “has profound …

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Trump Remains in Excellent Health, White House Memo Says

May 29 (Reuters) – U.S. ⁠President ⁠Donald Trump remains ⁠in excellent health, with ​strong cardiac, pulmonary, neurological and overall ‌physical function, the ‌White House said ⁠in ⁠a memo on Friday, citing results from a ​medical examination this week. After his visit to Walter Reed National ​Military Medical Center on Tuesday, his ⁠third ⁠in 13 months, …

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Brazil Minister Says US Terrorist Designation of Local Gangs Could Impact Economy

SAO PAULO, ⁠May ⁠29 (Reuters) – A ⁠U.S. decision to ​designate the two ‌biggest Brazilian drug ‌gangs ⁠as ⁠terrorist organizations could impact Latin ​America’s largest economy on several ​fronts, including by jeopardizing ⁠foreign investments, ⁠Brazil’s ⁠Finance Minister ​Dario Durigan said on ​Friday. In ⁠an interview with local network GloboNews, ⁠Durigan said the designation may pose …

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White House says Trump is in “excellent health” in results from physical

President Trump’s physician said in a letter released late Friday that the president is in “excellent health,” following a physical earlier this week at Walter Reed National Military Hospital. The president’s visit to Walter Reed on Tuesday was his third known checkup at the military hospital since returning to the White House. Describing it as …

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