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During a news conference, President Trump said he and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell are “closer than ever before.”
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During a news conference, President Trump he and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell are “closer than ever before” and are working together to push the GOP agenda forward. Trump also he’ll “be looking into” Representative Tom Marino, his drug czar nominee, after the lawmaker helped pass a law hampering efforts to desertion. The Supreme Court to hear a major case dealing with digital privacy and the Fourth Amendment. Astronomers the merging of two neutron stars for the first time.

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