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President Donald Trump shifted from a global trade war to a high-stakes showdown with China by pausing tariffs on scores of countries and raising them on the world's second-largest economy as he seeks a trade deal with Beijing. Following a nail-biter budget resolution vote in the House Thursday that unlocked the next steps in the budget reconciliation process, top Republican lawmakers are now faced with finding the promised spending cuts demanded by fiscal hawks.  The massive crackdown on illegal immigration at the southern border is making the U.S. safer, but there’s more work to do, border czar Tom Homan told Arizona lawmakers during a joint session of the Legislature Tuesday. And more...

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