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DONALD TRUMP JR

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 6, 2019
Former ambassador to Vietnam may be North Korea's new point man in U.S. nuclear talks
North Korea appears to have appointed a longtime veteran of international diplomacy as point man in the new round of denuclearization talks with the United States, a diplomatic source in Seoul has confirmed.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 5, 2019
Americans are less proud to be Americans this year, poll finds
As the United States celebrates Independence Day, pride in America has become a casualty of today's polarized political environment.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 5, 2019
Trump remakes Independence Day celebration by adding speech, longer fireworks show and military display
U.S. President Donald Trump delivered a Fourth of July speech on the National Mall that extolled the U.S. military and the American people and put himself at the center of the Independence Day celebration.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Jul 4, 2019
Democrats condemn Trump camp's migrant detention facilities as inhumane
Democrats sharpened their attacks on the Trump administration's handling of the migrant crisis on the U.S.-Mexico border on Wednesday, saying human rights were being neglected and demanding the firing of the Border Patrol's leadership.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 4, 2019
Trump denies retreat on census citizenship question, contradicting own officials
President Donald Trump on Wednesday said his administration had not dropped its efforts to add a contentious citizenship question to the 2020 U.S. census, contradicting statements made by his own officials, including Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 4, 2019
Trump casts himself, military and Republican VIPs as stars of July 4 pageant
U.S. military armored vehicles stood near Washington's majestic Lincoln Memorial on Wednesday as President Donald Trump pushed ahead with an elaborate Fourth of July production with him at the center, as critics accused him of hijacking a nonpartisan celebration of America's Independence Day.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 3, 2019
A reluctant Robert Mueller is Democrats' best shot to revive their Trump investigations
Robert Mueller will appear grudgingly before House committees this month, but the former special prosecutor's testimony is the best chance Democrats have to revive their stymied probes of U.S. President Donald Trump.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 3, 2019
U.S. drops fight to add census citizenship question, New York says
The Trump administration is abandoning its hard-fought plan to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census after the U.S. Supreme Court questioned its justification.
WORLD
Jul 3, 2019
Israel says it is bracing militarily for possible U.S.-Iran escalation
Israel is preparing for its possible military involvement in any escalation in the Gulf confrontation between Iran and the United States, the Israeli foreign minister said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 3, 2019
House Democrats sue Treasury, IRS chiefs for Trump tax returns
House Democrats asked a U.S. court to force the Treasury Department to turn over six years of President Donald Trump's personal and business tax returns.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 2, 2019
Trump and Kim meet; Xi bides his time
It's difficult to imagine a scenario where North Korea reaches an agreement with the U.S. that China opposes.
EDITORIALS
Jul 2, 2019
Trump's reality TV at the DMZ
While history was being made at the DMZ on Sunday, an old danger persists: Trump's hunger for a deal will result in the legitimation of North Korea's nuclear program.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 2, 2019
Don't give Trump too much credit for a trade truce
The forces shaping the global slowdown predate both the U.S. president and his Chinese counterpart. The solution will take more than handshakes.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 2, 2019
North Korean media reports trumpet Kim's meeting with Trump in Demilitarized Zone
North Korean state media released gushing reports of Kim Jong Un's meeting Sunday in the Demilitarized Zone with U.S. President Donald Trump, as the regime sought to use another history-making meeting with the U.S. leader to validate its policy decisions.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Jul 2, 2019
Japanese officials play down Trump's security treaty criticisms, claim president's remarks not always 'official' U.S. position
Trump had strongly criticized the security treaty, calling the pact one-sided as Japan does not need to come to the U.S.'s aid if it is attacked.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 2, 2019
Joe Biden's lead shrinks as Elizabeth Warren and Kamala Harris rise in post-debate poll
Former Vice President Joe Biden's lead in the race for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination has shrunk by 10 percentage points in a CNN poll conducted since last week's debates that showed Kamala Harris and Elizabeth Warren getting significant bumps in support.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Jul 2, 2019
U.S. lawmaker describes 'horrifying' conditions at Texas migrant facility
Migrants held at a border patrol station in Texas were being kept in "horrifying" conditions that included psychological abuse and being told to drink out of toilets, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said after a visit to the facility with other U.S. lawmakers on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 2, 2019
Taiwan's Tsai Ing-wen to make stopovers in U.S. before and after Caribbean visit, riling China
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen will spend four nights in the United States in July while visiting Caribbean diplomatic allies, her government said on Monday, angering China, which urged Washington not to allow her to visit.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 1, 2019
Trump shows how powerful America is by weakening it
There is an epochal paradox at the center of the Iran crisis.

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