Iran Daily: Trump to Officials — Tone Down Tough Talk
Backing off public confrontation with Iran, Donald Trump tells officials to tone down tough talk — possibly because of advice from Fox TV’s Tucker Carlson
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Author: Scott Lucas
TrumpWatch, Day 881: Legislators “In Dark” About Justice Department Inquiry Into US Intelligence Agencies
Head of House Intelligence Committee says legislators have “little visibility” into Justice Department inquiry, ordered by Donald Trump, into US agencies
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Syria Daily: Regime Attacks Kill 20 in Northwest
Assad regime attacks kill another 20 civilians on Wednesday in opposition-controlled Idlib and northern Hama Provinces in northwest Syria.
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EA on ABC: Chasing Suspects — Russia and MH17; Saudis and Khashoggi
Scott Lucas on July 2014 downing of MH17 passenger jet over eastern Ukraine, killing 298 people, and the assassination of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi
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Iran Daily: Trump — Attack on Tankers “Very Minor”; Tehran Becoming Less Hostile to US
Donald Trump apparently steps back from confrontation with Iran, saying last week’s attacks on two tankers in the Gulf of Oman were “very minor”
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TrumpWatch, Day 880: Now Europe is Trump’s Economic Enemy
Donald Trump turns his economic enemy rhetoric on Europe, seizing on the call for a stimulus by the head of the European Central Bank.
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