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  The New York Times News Service ————————- Trump Team Sees ‘Major Disarmament’ of North Korea in 2.5 Years Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Wednesday that the Trump administration hopes to complete “major disarmament” of North Korea within the next 2 1/2 years, even as conflicting accounts left unclear what had been agreed to. […]

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NBC News fires ‘Today’ co-host Matt Lauer for sexual misconduct

NEW YORK (Reuters) – NBC News fired popular “Today” show host Matt Lauer after a colleague accused him of inappropriate sexual behavior, the network said on Wednesday, making him yet another rich and powerful man to be felled this year by accusations of harassment. [restrict] His termination sent shockwaves through U.S. morning television, where Lauer […]

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Sixteen years after 9/11, ever-vigilant New Yorkers on edge

New York (AFP) – It’s a typical late summer weekend in New York’s Times Square, and tourists from around the world are snapping pictures beneath the commercial hub’s iconic neon billboards — watched closely by a heavy contingent of police. [restrict Four cruisers are parked in the middle of the busy intersection, and pedestrian zones […]

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Even some in White House are frustrated by the stonewalling on Donald Jr.’s meeting

WASHINGTON — White House deputy press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders brought a mixture of defensiveness and obfuscation to her briefing with reporters on Wednesday as she faced continued questions about Donald Trump Jr.’s recently revealed meeting with a Russian lawyer. It’s a strategy that has left the press — as well as some in the […]

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