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During his first address before the United Nations General Assembly, President Trump referred to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as “rocket man.”
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During his first address before the United Nations General Assembly, President Trump to “totally destroy North Korea” and referred to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as “rocket man.” A bipartisan group of governors, including Brian Sandoval of Nevada and Bill Walker of Alaska, urging senators to vote against the new there is “no question” that Russia interfered in the U.S. election. Louisiana police Kenneth James Gleason, a 23-year-old white man accused of fatally shooting two black men. A magnitude 7.1 earthquake , the second to hit the country in two weeks.

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