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How the Trump-Kennedy Alliance Is Pushing the Boundaries of Public Health

The mutually beneficial relationship between President Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is based on a striking alignment of some of their views.

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. listened to President Trump’s remarks during a cabinet meeting on Tuesday.
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Who Is John Bolton, Trump’s Former National Security Adviser?

A Republican mainstay who served multiple presidents, Mr. Bolton has become a persistent Trump critic since leaving the White House.

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John Bolton, then serving as President Trump’s national security adviser, in the Oval Office in August 2019. He held the position for a little over a year.
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Taking on the Fed, Trump Combines Retribution Tactics With a Power Play

The president’s second term has been marked by his eagerness to go after his foes and his assertions of presidential authority. Both traits are on display as he seeks control over the central bank.

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Jerome H. Powell, the Fed chair, has been relentlessly attacked by President Trump.
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In Trump’s Ideal Picture of America, Diversity Is Taboo

Using the full power of the federal government, President Trump has promoted a vision of America that challenges the legitimacy of the Black experience.

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A demonstration in May for the protection of Black history and against the removal of artifacts from the National African American Museum of History and Culture.
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Trump Says Smithsonian Focuses Too Much on ‘How Bad Slavery Was’

The remark, made as the president has ordered a wide-ranging review of museum exhibits, added to his pattern of minimizing Black history.

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The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington.
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For Trump, Flashy Summits Come First. Grunt Work Comes Next.

Diplomats scrambled to come up with detailed proposals for security guarantees and other sticking points following two high-level summits in Alaska and Washington.

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President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine arriving at the White House for talks with President Trump on Monday.
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Can Zelensky Trust Trump? Ukraine’s Fate May Depend on the Answer.

President Trump has offered only vague assurances of security guarantees for Ukraine if President Volodymyr Zelensky agrees to cut a deal with Russia.

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President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine arriving at the White House on Monday for talks with President Trump.
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Can Zelensky Trust Trump? Ukraine’s Fate May Depend on the Answer.

President Trump has offered only vague assurances of security guarantees for Ukraine if President Volodymyr Zelensky agrees to cut a deal with Russia.

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President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine arriving at the White House on Monday for talks with President Trump.
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Trump Wields Tariffs as a Force in Diplomacy, to Questionable Effect

The president has threatened more tariffs on Russia and its trading partners and has imposed harsh ones on India and Brazil to try to sway matters of war and politics.

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Workers transporting coffee beans in Alfenas, Brazil. President Trump raised tariffs on Brazilian goods to 50 percent last month.
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