Trump withdraws U.S. forces from northern Syria, and administration scrambles to respond
Mourners attend a funeral Sunday for Kurdish political leader Hevrin Khalaf and other people killed during the Turkish offensive in Syria. (AFP via Getty Images)
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Analysis The president has significantly stepped up his pace of spouting exaggerated numbers, unwarranted boasts and outright falsehoods, with the Ukraine fallout playing a big role in the uptick.
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