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Trump’s new national-security adviser, new tariffs on China, what fuels an HIV epidemic, and more
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Shake-Ups on Trump’s Team: President Trump is replacing National-Security Adviser H.R. McMaster with John Bolton, a former United Nations ambassador who’s advocated for military action against North Korea. Here’s what that means. Earlier in the day, Trump’s personal lawyer John Dowd announced he’s stepping down from the president’s legal team in the Russia case. Dowd’s decision comes less than a year after Trump’s last lawyer resigned.

Trump announced significant tariffs on Chinese imports as a result of an investigation into Chinese trading practices that hurt U.S. firms. Although the president may be right to want to punish unfair trading, Meanwhile in Europe, some of the unintended consequences of Brexit include to the lives of many residents, as well as a new British passport

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