Author: NAOMI LIM Washington Examiner
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 Vance accuses Democrats of childlike behavior after aviation shutdown roundtable— by Vice President JD Vance warned that the air travel industry would face greater strain the longer the government shutdown lasts, placing blame for the already historically long lapse in funding at the feet of Democrats, whom he accused of throwing a tantrum. Vance hosted a roundtable on Thursday at the White House with Transportation Secretary… 
 
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 Trump and Xi superpower summit: Here’s what’s at stake— by President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are preparing for their first in-person meeting during Trump’s second administration, a high-stakes moment in the diplomatic battle for superpower supremacy. Their sit-down on Thursday in Busan, South Korea, on the sidelines of this year’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders summit, comes as the United States and China… 
 
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 Trump to take off for Asia amid tensions flaring over shutdown, Russia, and Israel— by President Donald Trump is embarking on his first trip to Asia during his second administration, facing headwinds on the home front and from abroad. Trump departs on Friday for Malaysia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations leaders summit before traveling to Japan on Monday for trade talks with new Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to… 
 
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Biden braces for fight with both parties over broadly defined infrastructure packages— by President Joe Biden will launch a campaign to pass his sweeping $2.25 trillion “American Jobs Plan” in Pittsburgh on Wednesday, the first of two proposals expected to invest up to $4 trillion in traditional and what he is calling “social” infrastructure to bolster a pandemic-battered economy and middle class. Infrastructure was once considered a bipartisan… 
 




