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Trump imposes fresh sanctions on Iran after shoot-down of Navy drone

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Saturday, June 22, 2019, before boarding Marine One for the trip to Camp David in Maryland. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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President Trump imposed new “hard-hitting” sanctions on Iran Monday, following Tehran’s shoot-down of a U.S. Navy surveillance drone in international airspace last week.

In this May 9, 2019, photo, steel rods produced at the Gerdau Ameristeel mill in St. Paul, Minn. await shipment. Last week's flareup over the Mexico tariffs may prove to be a pivotal juncture. The spat was especially alarming to businesses because it came seemingly out of nowhere. Less than two weeks earlier, President Donald Trump had lifted tariffs on Mexican and Canadian steel and aluminum, action that seemed to signal warmer commercial ties between the United States and its neighbors. (AP Photo/Jim Mone) **FILE**

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Vice President Mike Pence speaks following a tour on the USNS Comfort, Tuesday, June 18, 2019, in Miami. The hospital ship is scheduled to embark on a five-month medical assistance mission to Latin America and the Caribbean, including several countries struggling to absorb migrants from crisis-wracked Venezuela. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

U.S. warns Iran not to ‘mistake restraint for a lack of resolve’; military strike still an option

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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks at the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual &amp; Transgender Community Center, Monday, June 10, 2019 in New York. The governor is pushing to legalize gestational surrogacy and ban the gay and trans panic defense. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

New York governor gets jump on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez with Green New Deal

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President Donald Trump speaks during his reelection kickoff rally at the Amway Center, Tuesday, June 18, 2019, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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In this May 9, 2019, photo, steel rods produced at the Gerdau Ameristeel mill in St. Paul, Minn. await shipment. Last week's flareup over the Mexico tariffs may prove to be a pivotal juncture. The spat was especially alarming to businesses because it came seemingly out of nowhere. Less than two weeks earlier, President Donald Trump had lifted tariffs on Mexican and Canadian steel and aluminum, action that seemed to signal warmer commercial ties between the United States and its neighbors. (AP Photo/Jim Mone) **FILE**

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