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Upping ante, Trump threatens new tariffs on Chinese imports

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President Donald Trump directed the U.S. Trade Representative to prepare new tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese imports on Monday as the two nations moved closer to a potential trade war.
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Reporters were ready for a blockbuster ruling on legislative district gerrymandering. It didn’t happen.
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All four former first ladies have joined the current one, Melania Trump, in an unusual united political front expressing horror at children separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border.
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