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FILE - This Nov. 18, 2017 file photo shows the Washington office of the Palestine Liberation Organization. President Donald Trump is closing the Palestinian Liberation Organization’s mission in Washington, the latest American strike against the Palestinians during the stalled Mideast peace process. The announcement was expected on Monday. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

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US set to close Palestinian mission

by Matthew Lee Associated Press, and Susannah George Associated PressSeptember 10, 2018

President Donald Trump listens during a meeting with European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, July 25, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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No Trump-Putin summit until 2019

by Matthew Lee Associated Press, and Ken Thomas Associated PressJuly 25, 2018

This combination image shows U.S. President Donald Trump and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.

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Trump decides to tweet upper-case threat at Iran

by Matthew Lee Associated Press, and Zeke Miller Associated PressJuly 23, 2018

In this photo released on Wednesday Feb. 21, 2018 which provided by the Syrian Civil Defense group known as the White Helmets, shows a member of the Syrian Civil Defense group, searches for victims under the rubble of a destroyed house that attacked by Syrian government forces airstrike, in Ghouta, a suburb of Damascus, Syria. U.S. officials say the United States is finalizing plans to evacuate several hundred Syrian civil defense workers and their families from southwest Syria as...

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US, allies set to evacuate Syrian aid workers

by Matthew Lee Associated Press, and Sarah El Deeb Associated PressJuly 19, 2018

The motorcade carrying U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo drives towards Kumsusan Palace of the Sun in Pyongyang, North Korea, Friday, July 6, 2018. Pompeo is on a trip traveling to North Korea, Japan, Vietnam, Abu Dhabi, and Brussels.

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After talks, North Korea accuses US of ‘gangster-like’ demands

by Matthew Lee Associated PressJuly 7, 2018

FILE - In this Friday, July 7, 2017, file photo U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G-20 Summit in Hamburg. The Kremlin and the White House have announced Thursday June 28, 2018, that a summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump will take place in Helsinki, Finland, on July 16. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, FILE)

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Trump-Putin meeting to follow NATO gathering at tense moment

by Catherine Lucey Associated Press, Jonathan Lemire Associated Press, and Matthew Lee Associated PressJune 28, 2018

FILE - In this Jan. 2, 2018, file photo, United States Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley speaks to reporters at United Nations headquarters. Haley says the U.S. is withdrawing from UN Human Rights Council, calling it 'not worthy of its name.' (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

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Trump administration pulls US out of UN human rights council

by Matthew Lee Associated Press, and Josh Lederman Associated PressJune 19, 2018

In this May 24, 2018, file photo, People watch a TV screen showing file footage of U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea.

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Doubts on all sides in US as Trump-Kim summit looms

by Josh Lederman Associated Press, and Matthew Lee Associated PressJune 8, 2018

Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, speaks during a news conference in Cincinnati April 16, 2018. The Obama administration secretly sought to give Iran brief access to the U.S. financial system by sidestepping sanctions kept in place after the 2015 nuclear deal, despite repeatedly telling Congress and the public it had no plans to do so. That’s according to an investigation by Senate Republicans released June 6. “The Obama Administration misled the American people and Congress because they were desperate to get a deal with Iran,” said Portman, the subcommittee’s chairman.

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Secret Obama-era license let Iran tap dollars

by Josh Lederman Associated Press, and Matthew Lee Associated PressJune 6, 2018

Kim Yong Chol, second from left, North Korea's former military intelligence chief and a close aid to leader Kim Jong Un, walks out of a building after meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Thursday, May 31, 2018, in New York. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

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Pompeo says ‘good progress’ in high-stakes North Korea talks

by Matthew Lee Associated Press, and Josh Lederman Associated PressMay 31, 2018