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White House Physician Ronny Jackson said President Trump is in “excellent” health.
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During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, lawmakers Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen about a White House meeting where President Trump allegedly made vulgar comments about certain countries. South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham the debate over Trump’s comments has become “a s-show,” and later told reporters that last week by Special Counsel Robert Mueller to testify before a grand jury. The Justice Department it will ask the Supreme Court to overturn a lower court’s ruling that partially revived the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. White House Physician Ronny Jackson Trump is in “excellent” health and that he has “no concerns” about the president’s cognitive ability.

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