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Native Americans are calling for worldwide protests after the US army cleared the way for the completion of the controversial Dakota pipeline.
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The US military is looking to rent space in the New York Trump Towers.
US President Donald Trump, in defending his executive order on immigration, says court are "so political" and the order is to improve US security.
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