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Trump’s foreign profits; Pentagon confirms Baghdad air strike

Donald Trump’s businesses received at least $7.8m from foreign governments and companies while he was president, a report from House Democrats revealed. Most was from China. Congress must approve payments from foreign states, according to the Constitution; the report says Mr Trump never sought such consent. James Comer, a Republican co-leading a seemingly fruitless impeachment inquiry into the Biden family, dismissed the findings.

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