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Trump Withdraws U.S. From ‘One-Sided’ Iran Nuclear Deal — WASHINGTON — President Trump declared on Tuesday that he was pulling out of the Iran nuclear deal, unraveling the signature foreign policy achievement of his predecessor, Barack Obama, and isolating the United States among its Western allies.
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There are few issues more important to the security of the United States than the potential spread of nuclear weapons, or the potential for even more destructive war in the Middle East. That's why the United States negotiated the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in the first place.
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Joint statement from Prime Minister May, Chancellor Merkel and President Macron following President Trump's statement on Iran — Joint statement from Prime Minister Theresa May, Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Emmanuel Macron following President Trump's statement on Iran.
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5 big consequences of Trump's Iran blunder … Today, President Trump announced the United States would in effect be exiting the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and is prepared to reimpose sanctions. This opens up a divide between the U.S. and the other negotiating partners …


Trump Is Now Free to Fight for Iranian Freedom — The most urgent task after the nuclear deal is increasing the odds of success for the democratic uprising. — President Donald Trump finally made good on his promise Tuesday to get out of the Iran nuclear deal.


Trump was asked the most basic question about his Iran deal decision. He had no answer. — After publicly signing a memorandum to violate the Iran nuclear deal by reinstating the “highest levels” of U.S. sanctions against the country, President Trump was asked a very basic question …

Trump announces US withdrawing from Iran nuclear deal
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Iran to negotiate with Europeans, Russia and China about remaining in nuclear deal
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Behind Trump's Termination of Iran Deal Is Risky Bet That U.S. Can ‘Break the Regime’
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Ceasing U.S. Participation in the JCPOA and Taking Additional Action to Counter Iran's Malign Influence …
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The Latest: New US ambassador: Stop doing business with Iran
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Read: Trump's Iran nuclear deal speech full text
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Oil prices snap back in volatile trade ahead of Trump speech on Iran nuclear deal
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Here's a Theory About That $1.6 Million Payout From a GOP Official to a Playboy Model — On May 2, Rudy Giuliani revealed that the Trump administration has been lying for months about the fact that Donald Trump reimbursed his personal attorney Michael Cohen for the $130,000 he fronted …
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Meet the Renegades of the Intellectual Dark Web — An alliance of heretics is making an end run around the mainstream conversation. Should we be listening? — By Bari WeissPhotographs by Damon Winter — Here are some things that you will hear when you sit down to dinner with the vanguard …


Comey casts doubt on judge who slammed Mueller probe — Former FBI Director James Comey on Tuesday criticized a judge who voiced skepticism about the prosecution of Paul Manafort, saying the judge's comments about overstepping were themselves going too far.
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Giuliani Says Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen ‘Has No Incriminating Information About The President’
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Eric Schneiderman's Reputation Went From 'Wouldn't Get a Bawdy Joke' to Brute Overnight — ALBANY — To many in the capital, New York's attorney general, Eric T. Schneiderman, seemed staid and somewhat standoffish, almost to the point of boring: a teetotaler who favored coffee shops over bars …
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Woman details nightmare date with ‘repulsive’ Schneiderman
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Alleged Israeli strike reported in Syria after IDF sounds alarm in north — Air raid comes hours after IDF reports ‘abnormal’ activities by Iranian forces in Syria; explosion rocks el-Kiswah region, an area said to contain an Iranian base — Syrian state media reported on Tuesday night …
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9/11 Planner, Tortured by C.I.A., Asks to Tell Senators About Gina Haspel — WASHINGTON — President Trump's nomination of Gina Haspel to lead the C.I.A. has revived debate over the agency's post-Sept. 11 interrogation program and still-murky questions about her involvement.
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US military wives threatened by Russian hackers posing as IS — PARIS (AP) — Army wife Angela Ricketts was soaking in a bubble bath in her Colorado home, leafing through a memoir, when a message appeared on her iPhone from hackers threatening to slaughter her family. — “Dear Angela!” the Facebook message read.
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Univision Is A Fucking Mess — Kate Conger, David Uberti, and Laura Wagner — This is the story of how corporate raiding, complacency, excess, and incompetence are gutting a media company that matters to tens of millions of people. It's not a novel story, and perhaps not even scandalous …


Remarks to the Traveling Press — Remarks — Secretary of State — On Plane ert Yokota Air Base, Japan — SECRETARY POMPEO: So the first time it was truly an intel effort, in that the South Koreans had made representations about things that North Korea was preparing to do that Kim Jong-un …
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Orrin Hatch apologizes to John McCain for funeral comment: 'I shouldn't have said anything' … Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) has apologized to Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) for saying it was “ridiculous” for McCain to request that President Trump not attend his funeral, a remark that drew a swift rebuke from McCain's daughter Meghan McCain.
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New Florida poll shows dead heat governors' races, Rick Scott edging Bill Nelson — More than 42 percent of Republicans and Democrats remain undecided in gubernatorial primaries — Rick Scott has pulled narrowly ahead of Bill Nelson in Florida's closely watched U.S. Senate race …
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Deputy shoots groundhog blocking traffic in Carroll County — HIDE TRANSCRIPT SHOW TRANSCRIPT — ELDERSBURG, Md. — A Carroll County sheriff's deputy shot a groundhog that was holding up traffic Monday morning. — The Sheriff's Office said the deputy was traveling …


Mitt Romney wore a tux he bought on Amazon to the Met Gala — and it embarrassed his wife — He told the New York Times that he was wearing a Brioni tuxedo he had bought from Amazon at a discount. — It seems Mitt Romney loves the convenience of Amazon.
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“No Question There Will Be a Fair Amount Riding on This”: NBC Faces Down Its Post-Lauer Reckoning — Five months after Matt Lauer was jettisoned, staffers inside 30 Rock eagerly await the results of a corporate inquest—their own Starr Report. Will another shoe drop?
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Defector: WikiLeaks ‘Will Lie to Your Face’ … Last February leaked messages from a private WikiLeaks chat group offered an unfiltered glimpse of Julian Assange, complete with misogyny, anti-Semitism, and a clear, early preference for a GOP election victory.


More Americans now say Russia investigation is politically motivated - CBS News poll — A year into the special counsel investigation into Russian involvement in the 2016 elections, a slight majority of Americans thinks the investigation is politically motivated.
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Vanessa Trump's first love was member of violent street gang — Vanessa Trump's prom date for senior year at her $47,000-a-year Upper East Side prep school dressed up for the big occasion in a tuxedo, a bow tie — and a necklace in the black-and-gold colors of the Latin Kings, a street gang he had joined in an upstate prison.
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Mueller rejects Trump request to answer questions in writing — Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who is now on President Trump's legal team, told CBS News correspondent Paula Reid Monday that special counsel Robert Mueller's office has rejected proposals to allow Mr. Trump to answer questions from investigators in writing.


Everyone makes school's cheer squad after parent complains — A New Jersey mom went to her daughter's school and complained about her not making the cheerleading squad — so now everyone gets to make the team. — “All my hard work has been thrown out the window,” seethed cheerleader Stephanie Krueger …
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Christiane Amanpour named as Charlie Rose's official replacement — Christiane Amanpour will officially replace Charlie Rose on PBS stations across the country. — The move was made official at the public broadcaster's annual meeting on Tuesday. It has been in the works for five months …
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