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China made a ‘quite revealing’ choice for its airport greeter for Trump in Beijing
WASHINGTON — President Trump arrived in Beijing on Wednesdaywithout a tarmac greeting from Chinese President Xi Jinping — but the seeming snub was actually an “upgrade” from his last welcome in 2017, according to an expert. “It’s actually quite revealing from a protocol perspective,” said Isabelle Vladoiu, founder of the US Institute of Diplomacy and…
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Dave Portnoy bulldozes Alix Earle’s ‘dog s–t’ response to Alex Cooper callout as feud rages on
Dave Portnoy wants Alix Earle to stop “taking shots” at Alex Cooper if she isn’t going to go public with their beef. The Barstool Sports creator blasted Earle in a “Tea By the Sea” TikTok video Tuesday — claiming that while he “like[s] both girls,” the 25-year-old has navigated her feud with Cooper, 31, “like…
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Trump arrives in Beijing for talks with China’s Xi on Iran war, trade and U.S. arms sales to Taiwan
BEIJING — President Trump arrived in Beijing on Wednesday for his hotly anticipated talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the Iran war, trade and U.S. arms sales to Taiwan. The meat of the summit doesn’t start until Thursday, when the leaders hold bilateral talks, visit the Temple of Heaven, where Chinese emperors once prayed for bumper…
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Why Trump is eager to fire another cabinet member: biographer
Trump biographer Michael Wolff predicts President Donald Trump will likely fire Secretary of State Marco Rubio because Rubio has upstaged the President— what Wolff describes as a “fatal flaw” in Trump’s administration. During an episode of Inside Trump’s Head by The Daily Beast, Wolff explained that appearing more capable than Trump constitutes grounds for termination.…
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Enough With Those Absurd Standing Ovations at Cannes
Once upon a time, the essential tools for a reporter or critic covering a premiere at the Cannes Film Festival were a notebook and a pen. These days, though, there’s a necessary but regrettable addition to the list: the stopwatch app on an iPhone. It’s all because of those damn standing ovations. Now, there’s nothing…
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The Senator Who Embraced MAHA and Lost MAGA
Bill Cassidy did not want to talk about Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Last month, as we shuffled through the U.S. Senate subway, a subterranean corridor connecting lawmakers’ offices to the Capitol, the senator from Louisiana was fielding rapid-fire questions from reporters about two of his favorite topics: drug pricing and college sports. But I asked…
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Trump Says a New Drug Can Bring Dead People Back to Life
On Monday, during a routine press event, president Donald Trump casually made an announcement that in any normal White House would have kicked off days of frenzied coverage — either about a revelatory inflection point in the history of medicine, or about the mental wellness of the country’s chief executive. The president’s apparent claim? That…
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Top U.S. executives travel to China aboard Air Force One with Trump
Prominent U.S. executives from Big Tech and Wall Street to agriculture and aerospace are joining President Trump on his trip to China this week. Trump arrived in Beijing Wednesday to meet with President Xi Jinping. Aside from discussions about Iran, the two leaders are expected to discuss trade and artificial intelligence. Here’s a look at…
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Gunfire breaks out in Philippine Senate where authorities have tried to arrest a senator
MANILA, Philippines — A burst of gunfire rang out Wednesday night in the Philippine Senate, where authorities have tried to arrest a senator who is wanted by the International Criminal Court for a charge of crime against humanity, an Associated Press journalist and other witnesses said. It wasn’t immediately clear what set off the gunfire or if…
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Trump reportedly ‘humiliated’ after rival leader snubs president at airport: ‘Rocky start’
President Donald Trump landed in Beijing, China Wednesday ahead of his high-stakes summit with President Xi Jinping, but critics soon noticed a key figure was absent during Trump’s arrival. “Donald Trump has arrived in China to find that President Xi did NOT greet him at the airport,” reads a statement from the progressive advocacy platform…