In May this year, US President Donald Trump made what was surely one of his more unusual claims: that physical activity and exercise depletes a person’s energy and shortens their life span.
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El Salvador's CECOT prison becomes Washington's go-to destination
IN THE SPOTLIGHT Republicans and Democrats alike are clamoring for access to the Trump administration's extrajudicial deportation camp — for very different reasons
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Court slams Trump, senator visits Ábrego GarcíaSpeed Read The case 'should be shocking not only to judges' but all Americans with an 'intuitive sense of liberty'
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A running list of Trump's second-term national security controversiesIn Depth Several scandals surrounding national security have rocked the Trump administration
