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Trump corners Democrats with threat to kill NAFTA: ‘It is going to force Congress to act’

President Donald Trump talks to media before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018, for the short trip to Andrews Air Force Base en route to Philadelphia to attend the Army-Navy Football Game. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Democratic congressional leaders are loath to acknowledge it, but President Trump has them cornered with his threat to terminate NAFTA if his new trade deal with Mexico and Canada isn’t approved.

French President Emmanuel Macron poses before a special address to the nation, his first public comments after four weeks of nationwide 'yellow vest' protests, at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, Monday, Dec. 10, 2018. Facing exceptional protests, French President Emmanuel Macron is promising to speed up tax relief for struggling workers and to scrap a tax hike for retirees. (Ludovic Marin/Pool Photo via AP)

Macron surrenders to ‘yellow vests’ in blow to climate movement: ‘The government did not listen’

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Judge rules Americans can secretly record public officials in victory for Project Veritas

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U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis talks to the media in presence of Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev following their meeting at the government building in Skopje, Macedonia, Monday, Sept. 17, 2018. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski) ** FILE **

‘Mattis revolution’: Defense secretary is last Trump ‘general’ standing

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A Honduran migrant and her daughter stand on the beach looking toward the U.S. border wall, moments before suddenly squeezing through a gap and pushing through fencing to emerge on U.S. soil, in Tijuana, Mexico, Sunday, Dec. 9, 2018. Discouraged by the long wait to apply for asylum through official ports of entry, many Central American migrants from recent caravans are choosing to cross the U.S. border wall illegally and hand themselves in to Border Patrol agents to request asylum. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Asylum claims soar 67 percent at U.S. border

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President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump with their son Barron Trump talk as they walk on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018, to board the Marine One. Trump and his family are traveling to Florida, where they will spend Thanksgiving at Mar-a-Lago. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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Radio personality Rush Limbaugh introduces President Donald Trump at the start of a campaign rally Monday, Nov. 5, 2018, in Cape Girardeau, Mo. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

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Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who won her bid for a seat in the House of Representatives in New York's 14th Congressional District, asks 2014 Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai a question at the Kennedy School's Institute of Politics at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez reveals Jewish ancestry: ‘I knew it!’

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Hillary Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta said the FBI did not contact him about the hack into his personal email account until after WikiLeaks began publishing his emails by the thousands on Oct. 7, 2016. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

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In this Sunday, Sept. 9, 2018, file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un waves after a parade for the 70th anniversary of North Korea's founding day in Pyongyang, North Korea. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

North Korea lashes out after Trump hits Kim regime on human rights

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In this Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2018, file photo, United States Border Patrol agents stand by a vehicle near one of the border walls separating Tijuana, Mexico and San Diego, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

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U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis talks to the media in presence of Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev following their meeting at the government building in Skopje, Macedonia, Monday, Sept. 17, 2018. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski) ** FILE **

‘Mattis revolution’: Defense secretary is last Trump ‘general’ standing

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President Donald Trump talks to media before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018, for the short trip to Andrews Air Force Base en route to Philadelphia to attend the Army-Navy Football Game. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Trump corners Democrats with threat to kill NAFTA: ‘It is going to force Congress to act’

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Washington Redskins head coach Jay Gruden walks on the sideline during the second half of an NFL football game against the New York Giants, Sunday, Dec. 9, 2018, in Landover, Md. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

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Radford head coach Mike Jones watches his team as they move up the court during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against James Madison in Harrisonburg, Va., Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018. (Daniel Lin/Daily News-Record Via AP) **FILE**

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In this Oct. 6, 2018 file photo, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., finishes speaking to reporters at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Senate to vote on criminal justice reform this year

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President Donald Trump speaks during the Project Safe Neighborhoods National Conference in Kansas City, Mo., Friday, Dec. 7, 2018. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)

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Rep. Jim Renacci, R-Ohio, answers questions during the U.S. Senate debate Saturday, Oct. 20, 2018, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete, Pool)

Ohio Rep. Jim Renacci: ‘Clearly there’s no collusion’ or we’d have evidence by now

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Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., speaks to reporters as he arrives for a meeting with fellow Republicans, including Vice President Mike Pence and President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, who are at the Capitol to discuss the nation's criminal justice sentencing laws, in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Sen. Tom Cotton says prison-reform bill shouldn’t allow early release for felons

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Migrant family members move into a hole to cross under the U.S. border wall, aided by two local guides, in Tijuana, Mexico, Sunday, Dec. 9, 2018. Discouraged by the long wait to apply for asylum through official ports of entry, many Central American migrants from recent caravans are choosing to cross the U.S. border wall illegally and hand themselves in to Border Patrol agents to request asylum. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

More than 3,000 illegals caught in one day: DHS

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China's President Xi Jinping, center, meets German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Monday, Dec. 10, 2018. (Fred Dufour/Pool Photo via AP)

China moves to lower auto tariffs

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FILE - In this Jan. 10, 2018, file photo, former Sheriff Joe Arpaio at his office in Fountain Hills, Ariz. Arpaio's successor, Sheriff Paul Penzone, is making progress in carrying out a court-ordered overhaul of his agency after it was found to have racially profiled Latinos during Arpaio's traffic patrols that targeted immigrants. Still, the agency is not close to being released from the supervision of a federal judge and does not appear to have completely stomped out its problem with biased policing. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

Arpaio sues CNN for defamation after network wrongly calls him a ‘felon’

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Jamal Khashoggi was a Saudi insider. He rubbed shoulders with the Saudi royal family and supported its efforts to nudge the entrenched ultraconservative clerics to accept reforms. n a dramatic twist of fate, Mr. Khashoggi disappeared on Oct. 2 after visiting his country's consulate in Istanbul and may have been killed there. (Associated Press/File)

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