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Trump sweeps five US state primaries
Billionaire Donald Trump swept all five presidential primaries, strengthening his grip on the Republican race, while Democrat Hillary Clinton distanced herself from ...Obama, Merkel push for trade deal as foreign crises weigh
U.S. President Barack Obama said on Sunday he would do whatever he could to advance a controversial trade deal with the European ...Obama urges Britain to stay in EU
President Barack Obama made a bold intervention into the politics of Washington\'s closest ally on Friday, exhorting Britons to stay in the ...Activists celebrate Earth Day with service, awareness events
Organizers of Earth Day, celebrated each April 22, say more than one billion people are marking Earth Day 2016 with activities to ...U.S. music superstar Prince dies aged 57 at Minnesota home
Pop icon Prince -- whose pioneering brand of danceable funk made him one of music\'s most influential figures -- died Thursday at ...Obama meets with King Salman at start of Saudi Arabia visit
President Barack Obama opened a brief trip to Saudi Arabia on Wednesday with a one-on-one meeting with King Salman in Riyadh.Trump, Clinton score huge wins in New York primary
Billionaire Donald Trump and former secretary of state Hillary Clinton won sweeping victories in the New York primary, bolstering their bids to ...U.S. to send more troops to Iraq, escalating war against Islamic State
The United States will send more troops to Iraq, potentially putting them closer to the front lines to advise Iraqi forces in ...U.S. sends nine Yemeni prisoners to Saudi Arabia from Guantanamo
The Pentagon has sent nine Yemeni men to Saudi Arabia from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo, including an inmate who had ...Clinton, Sanders clash in acrimonious New York debate
Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders came to blows in a heated US presidential debate in Brooklyn, raising the stakes in their increasingly ...