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President Trump personally greeted Chinese leader Xi Jinping at Joint Base Andrews ahead of Xi's state visit to Washington, an unusual airport welcome for a foreign leader. The article places the gesture in historical context and cites a White House spokesperson framing it as reciprocating hospitality and advancing U.S. interests.
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Former UK Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg could gain more than £30 million from his stake in Nscale, a UK AI data-centre startup that has filed for an IPO on the New York Stock Exchange. Clegg joined Nscale's board in March after leaving Meta, and the company says it remains committed to its UK base despite the US listing.
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The family of a British couple detained in Iran say regular contact has not been restored despite assurances after the couple ended hunger strikes. They are calling for an urgent meeting with the foreign secretary and more consular action to secure their release. The Foreign Office says the couple's welfare is its top priority and cites visits and facilitated calls.
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An Iranian social researcher argues that Trump's hope for an Iranian uprising against the regime is misguided, because the US-Israel war is uniting Iranians against a foreign attacker rather than against their own government. The piece describes growing anti-US and nationalist sentiment inside Iran that Washington is failing to understand.
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The article reports that the U.S. and China are considering an emergency AI hotline, modeled on the Cold War nuclear hotline, as a possible outcome of the Trump-Xi summit. It outlines Trump's anti-regulation stance, China's competing fears about falling behind and losing control, and the difficulty of defining when such a channel would be used.
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President Trump is heading to the U.N. General Assembly after a stretch of legal and political setbacks, low approval ratings, and criticism over banning several news organizations from the White House. He is expected to cast himself as a peacemaker while defending his Iran policy, with much of the diplomacy occurring in sideline meetings and a Washington visit from China's Xi Jinping.
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Republicans are expanding their midterm defense into deep-red districts and states, with internal polling showing Trump's approval underwater and tariff-driven price anger threatening GOP incumbents. The article details heavy ad spending, Senate map concerns, and growing worries in Ohio, Iowa, and Kansas as Democrats push into Trump-won territory.
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The House Freedom Caucus is losing at least 10 members and may lose more in November, raising questions about its future and the Republican Party's ideological direction after Trump. The article traces the group's rise from Tea Party roots, its ties to Trump, and its combative influence on GOP politics.
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Durham's HEART program, which sends unarmed mental-health and peer responders to certain 911 calls, is profiled as a model that has expanded citywide and drawn research suggesting increased calls and fewer arrests. The piece traces its launch after George Floyd's killing and how police came to accept it as a fourth arm of emergency response.
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Four states will vote on abortion-related ballot measures in November, with Missouri and Nevada considering the issue again after 2024. The measures follow the Dobbs decision and reflect a patchwork of state abortion laws. The article centers on abortion-rights supporters' concerns and a Republican-led effort in Missouri to overturn recent protections.
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The US will open two Cold War-era military bases in Greenland under a deal to be signed by Trump, Danish and Greenlandic leaders. The agreement expands US military presence and follows a standoff over the strategically located island. It marks a retreat from Trump's earlier acquisition ambitions while significantly increasing US military infrastructure.
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The article argues that Americans living in the UK vote at very low rates and urges them to use federal absentee voting procedures ahead of the 2026 US midterms. It notes that overseas voting rights are protected by federal law and pushes back on tax-related myths, while warning that Trump administration efforts to restrict mail-in voting could discourage participation.