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These are very early days, and there are good reasons to be skeptical of any public statements made by elected officials, diplomats, and other trained liars. But Trump announced his trade deal with the Europeans, the largest features of which are agreements to purchase American energy and arms. Those are major investments. A lesser component was the opening of European markets to more American goods at lower tariffs than what European goods will face coming here. Jim Geraghty uses cars to helpfully illustrate one problem for American manufacturers for breaking into the European market. Europe’s regulatory environment and lifestyle just...

Vice President Kamala Harris is heading to the U.S.-Mexico border on Friday, after Republicans have criticized her for months for not making the trek. President Joe Biden had put Harris in charge of dealing with the root causes of the migration crisis, which quickly turned her into the person to blame for the spike in migrants coming into the U.S. Politico reported Harris was making the trip, alongside Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. She'll beat former President Donald Trump to the region by five days.

A new Just the News Daily Poll with Scott Rasmussen shows Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden clinging to narrow 4-point lead over President Donald Trump nationally, amid mounting evidence of a tightening race between the two politicians. Among likely voters, 44% said they would vote for Trump, while 48% said they would cast their ballot for Joe Biden. Those numbers are consistent with other recent results showing a tightening race, including a Yahoo News/YouGov poll from Saturday that showed Biden's lead over Trump shrinking by 30% compared to before the two parties' conventions last month. Less than 10% of voters...

Embattled FBI Agent Peter Strzok, embroiled in the spying and wiretapping scandal of President Trump, grew up in Africa for a stint while his father worked for companies that have long been linked as operational and funding cut-outs for the Central Intelligence Agency, according to records.Now, as the spying and wiretapping scandal of the FBI has implicated former CIA Director John Brennan and Barack Obama’s CIA, questions have emerged about the FBI Strzok’s connections to the CIA. And that of his family too. The Inspector General is probing many facets of FBI corruption, along with House and Senate committees. That...

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