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The president’s comments laid bare increasingly urgent White House discussions that have shifted from public denials that anything is wrong to a review process aimed at soliciting ideas to stimulate the economy.
Trump postpones Denmark trip after prime minister declines to sell him Greenland
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Kang Na-ra, who defected from North Korea in 2014, stands in the middle of a shopping district in Seoul. (Jean Chung for The Post)
Han Song-ee, who defected from the North in 2013, checks her cellphone before the start of a radio show in Seoul. (Jean Chung for The Post)
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Trump tells NRA chief that universal background checks are off the table
The president told Wayne LaPierre that the White House remained interested in proposals that would address weapons getting into the hands of the mentally ill, according to people familiar with the call.
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Russia was expelled from the group of industrial nations in 2014 and has since angered many U.S. lawmakers and foreign powers over interference in the U.S. presidential election, among other actions.
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