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TRUMP SPEAKS WITH PUTIN: Call Ahead of Zelensky Meeting

President Trump called Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday in a high stakes diplomatic move one day before Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visits the White House as the US debates supplying longer range weapons to Kyiv

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16,000 - Jobs Nestlé plans to cut worldwide under new CEO cost cuts

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"I wouldn't take medical advice from RFK Jr. if I were a woman" — Senate Majority Leader John Thune

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Journalists hand in Pentagon credentials in mass protest

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