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The Boy Scouts announced that starting next year, girls will be allowed to become Cub Scouts and earn the rank of Eagle Scout.
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NBC News that in a July 20 meeting, President Trump said he wanted to increase the country’s nuclear arsenal tenfold. Trump the report, calling it “pure fiction.” Later, during an Oval Office meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Trump that it is “frankly disgusting the way the press is able that starting next year, girls will be allowed to become Cub Scouts and earn the rank of Eagle Scout. Trump will in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, later tonight on his tax-reform plan.

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