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White House pushes back on criticism of weather service around Texas flooding
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Trump to put 25% tariffs on Japan and South Korea, new import taxes on 12 other nations.
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Trump says US will send more weapons to Ukraine
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Netanyahu says any future Palestinian state would be a platform to destroy Israel
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