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 ReutersPresident Recep Tayyip Erdogan Tuesday promised to lay bare the "naked truth" behind the murder of Jamal Khashoggi in a speech on Tuesday. In the end, it was what he didn't say that threatens to shake up diplomatic relations in the region.
The Turkish president didn't produce any unexpected evidence. The alleged tape of the "savage murder" wasn't played, there was no video of the hitmen carrying the writer's body, and there were few revelations that hadn't already been leaked to the press by unnamed Turkish officials.
Instead, the Erdogan used the speech to place the pressure on Saudi Arabia to tell the world what it knows of the killing. He dropped heavy hints that the "political killing" had been meticulously planned at a high level. Although he praised the integrity of Saudi King Salman, one name was notable by its absence, Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, who is effectively the true ruler of the Kingdom.
Read more at The Daily Beast.
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 House Republicans are in the political fight of their lives as they try to hold onto their majority. But while they hope for the best, some are preparing for the worst: a Democratic takeover where oversight of the Trump administration spans every committee and essentially halts the GOP's legislative agenda for the next two years.
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ACA subsidies can be used for cheaper plans.
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 Speaking to reporters outside the White House ahead of a trip to Texas on Monday, President Trump announced a new middle-income tax reduction of approximately ten percent, which he hoped to sign into law after Election Day.
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New policies to deter illegal immigration include a plan that would ask migrants to choose between their children and longer detention.
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"All agreements aimed at nuclear disarmament ... must be preserved, for the sake of preserving life on earth," the former Russian president said.
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Leaving the agreement clears the way for the U.S. to boost its conventional forces in the Pacific.
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