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Vice President Mike Pence speaks at JLS Automation in York, Pa., Thursday, June 6, 2019. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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US and Mexico: More talks, no deal yet to avert tariffs

by Jill Colvin Associated Press, Matthew Lee Associated Press, and Luis Alonso Lugo Associated PressJune 6, 2019

Mexican Foreign Affairs Secretary Marcelo Ebrard, center, departs a news conference at the Mexican Embassy in Washington, Tuesday.

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Mexican officials try to stave off tariffs

by Jill Colvin Associated Press, Matthew Lee Associated Press, and Luis Alonso Lugo Associated PressJune 5, 2019

President Donald Trump waves as he boards Air Force One for a trip to New York to attend a fundraiser, Thursday, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md.

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Trump tries to tamp down talk of war with Iran

by Deb Riechmann Associated Press, and Matthew Lee Associated PressMay 16, 2019

An opponent of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro carrying a Venezuelan flag covers his face amid tear gas fired by soldiers loyal to Maduro during an attempted military uprising to oust Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday.

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Trump threatens Cuba as US supports Venezuela uprising

by Matthew Lee Associated Press, and Ben Fox Associated PressApril 30, 2019

This combination of images shows, from left, Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel, Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega and Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro. The Trump administration on Wednesday, April 17, 2019, intensified its crackdown on Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela, rolling back Obama administration policy and announcing new restrictions and sanctions against the three countries whose leaders national security adviser John Bolton dubbed the "three stooges of socialism." (AP Photos)

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Trump cracks down on Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela

by Gisela Salomon Associated Press, Deb Riechmann Associated Press, and Matthew Lee Associated PressApril 17, 2019

FILE - In this Nov. 25, 2011 file photo, female members of the Iranian paramilitary Basij force, affiliated with the Revolutionary Guard stand in formation as a woman photographs them in a rally in front of the former US Embassy in Tehran, Iran. On Monday, April 8, 2019, the Trump administration designated Iran’s Revolutionary Guard a “foreign terrorist organization” in an unprecedented move against a national armed force. Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps went from being a domestic security force with origins in the 1979 Islamic Revolution to a transnational fighting force.(AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

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US labels elite Iran force a foreign terrorist organization

by Matthew Lee Associated PressApril 8, 2019

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Thursday.

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US abruptly endorses Israel’s Golan sovereignty in big shift

by Matthew Lee Associated Press, and Deb Riechmann Associated PressMarch 21, 2019

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo shakes hands with Ambassador Reem Al-Khaled, as he arrives at Kuwait International Airport in Kuwait City, Kuwait, Tuesday, March 19, 2019. (Jim Young/Pool Image via AP)

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Pompeo skirts talk of peace plan in Israel

by Matthew Lee Associated PressMarch 19, 2019

FILE - In this March 1, 2019, file photo, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a news conference in Manila, Philippines. A seemingly belligerent tweet by Pompeo about pulling American diplomats out of Venezuela is the latest example of the Trump administration’s conflicting messages about its intentions, hinting at military involvement to some audiences while insisting that it has no intention of using force. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool, File)

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US sends mixed messages on use of force in Venezuela

by Matthew Lee Associated PressMarch 12, 2019

This satellite image provided by DigitalGlobe captured on March 2, 2019, and shows the launch tower at the Sohae Satellite Launch Facility in Tongchang-ri, North Korea. North Korea is restoring facilities at the long-range rocket launch site, which it dismantled last year as part of disarmament steps, according to foreign experts and a South Korean lawmaker who was briefed by Seoul's spy service. The finding follows a high-stakes nuclear summit last week between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump that ended without any agreement. (DigitalGlobe, a Maxar company, via AP)

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Trump disappointed by activity at North Korea missile sites

by Deb Riechmann Associated Press, and Matthew Lee Associated PressMarch 7, 2019