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How much did Mideast countries promise to invest in the US? Trump keeps jacking up the number

By JOSH BOAK
Updated 3:34 PM CDT, May 20, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump loves big numbers — and he’s always happy to talk them up.

Trump, who coined the phrase “truthful hyperbole” in his book “The Art of the Deal,” over the last few days has been steadily increasing the amount of money he says that countries in the Mideast pledged to invest in the U.S. when he visited the region last week. He didn’t provide underlying details.

The figure has gone from $2 trillion last week to potentially as much as $7 trillion as of Tuesday, according to statements by Trump and the White House.

A look at how the number has bounced around:

THURSDAY: With his Mideast trip still under way, Trump told reporters on Air Force One: “We just took in $4 trillion.”

FRIDAY: A White House statement said Trump’s “first official trip was a huge success, locking in over $2 trillion in great deals.”

MONDAY: “We brought back about $5.1 trillion,” Trump said in remarks to the Kennedy Center’s leadership. “That’s not bad. And, it’s being credited as one of the, maybe, the most successful visit that anybody’s ever made to any place. There’s never been anything like this.” ...

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ICE denied request for Mahmoud Khalil to hold his baby, wife and ACLU say

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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ICE officials and a prison contractor have refused to grant a contact visit between Mahmoud Khalil and his family, according to the American Civil Liberties Union, denying him the chance to hold his newborn son. The boy was born last month while Khalil, a Columbia University graduate student and Palestinian activist, remained in ICE custody in Louisiana.

"After flying over a thousand miles to Louisiana with our newborn son, his very first flight, all so his father could finally hold him in his arms, ICE has denied us even this most basic human...
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Italy tightens rules for Italian descendants to become citizens

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Applicants for an Italian passport must now have one parent or grandparent who was a citizen by birth.
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Canada in talks with US to join Trump's Golden Dome defence system

  • News source: BBC News - World
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PM Mark Carney's office says there are "active discussions" on the Golden Dome, but it's too early to say how Canada would join or pay in.
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Watch moment Trump ambushes Ramaphosa with video

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In an extraordinary Oval Office meeting, Trump pressed Cyril Ramaphosa on widely discredited claims of a white genocide in South Africa.
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Unsure of what to do if you're detained at customs? Social videos are walking people through their rights

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A video from an immigration lawyer offering advice on what rights U.S. citizens and visa holders have if stopped by customs at airports is going viral on TikTok, racking up more than 8 million views.

The post from New York-based immigration lawyer Brad Bernstein comes on the heels of accounts from TikTok users who say they are American citizens but were detained for hours and had their phones or luggage searched when entering the country. The videos — and the details Twitch streamer Hasan Piker shared about being stopped and questioned at Chicago...
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Violent Mexican drug gang's high ranking members sanctioned by Trump

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The Trump administration sanctioned two high-ranking members of the Cartel del Noreste Wednesday — one of the most violent drug-trafficking organizations in Mexico and a U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organization, Fox News Digital has learned.

The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned the two leaders of the organizations, formerly known as Los Zetas. Officials said the gang exerts "significant influence over the border region," especially near the Laredo, Texas point of entry.

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Rubio tells House Dem 'this is not a game show' during heated hearing

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio clashed with Rep. Brad Sherman during a House hearing on Wednesday, telling the California Democrat that "this is not a game show" when Sherman demanded that he only answer questions with a "yes" or a "no."

Rubio testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee in Washington, D.C., fielding questions on foreign aid, nuclear proliferation in Saudi Arabia and Iran, the war in Ukraine and more. Sparks began to fly early on when Sherman questioned Rubio on a potential nuclear cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia...
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Trump rips NBC reporter for asking about Qatari jet gift amid tense meeting on genocide: 'You're a disgrace'

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President Donald Trump ripped an NBC reporter for questioning over the Department of Defense accepting a jumbo jet from Qatar to serve as Air Force One.

"The Pentagon announced that it would be accepting a Qatari jet to be used as Air Force One," an NBC reporter asked Trump during a press event during the South African president's Wednesday visit to the White House.

"What are you talking about? You know, you ought to get out of here," Trump responded.

The question regarding the Qatari jet was asked immediately following Trump directing his...
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Trump accepts jet from Qatar, will refit to serve as Air Force One, DOD says

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President Donald Trump has officially accepted Qatar’s Boeing 747 jet gift to be refitted as Air Force One, the Pentagon revealed.

"The Secretary of Defense has accepted a Boeing 747 from Qatar in accordance with all federal rules and regulations," chief spokesperson Sean Parnell confirmed to Fox News. "The Department of Defense will work to ensure proper security measures and functional-mission requirements are considered for an aircraft used to transport the President of the United States. For additional information, we refer you to the United...
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Trump distances himself from Russia–Ukraine conflict: 'Not our people, not our soldiers'

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President Donald Trump appeared to distance the U.S. from the conflict between Russia and Ukraine — just two days after speaking over the phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Trump, who called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Monday after speaking to Putin, told reporters Wednesday that the conflict didn’t involve the U.S., despite the fact that the U.S. has adopted the role of mediator between the two countries since Trump came into the White House in January.

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U.S. says it tried to deport criminals on flight lawyers say was to South Sudan

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The Trump administration on Wednesday said it placed eight migrant detainees with serious criminal records on a deportation flight that lawyers alleged was destined for the violence-plagued African country of South Sudan, in its latest attempt to deport migrants to countries that are not their own.

The administration has not disclosed whether the flight reached its destination, however.

Top Department of Homeland Security officials said the eight men were in the U.S. illegally and hailed from Cuba, Laos, Mexico, Myanmar, South Sudan and Vietnam...
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Pentagon says it accepted Boeing jet from Qatar to be used for Trump

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Washington — The Defense Department said Wednesday it has accepted a Boeing jet from Qatar that will be retrofitted and used to transport President Trump.

Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said in a statement that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth accepted the Boeing 747 "in accordance with all federal rules and regulations."

"The Department of Defense will work to ensure proper security measures and functional-mission requirements are considered for an aircraft used to transport the President of the United States," Parnell said.

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Gaza health system 'stretched beyond breaking point', WHO warns

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The UN agency says Israeli ground operations and evacuation orders are putting hospitals out of service or making them inaccessible.
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US defence officials confirm acceptance of Qatari plane

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The White House insists that the gift is legal, but some of Trump's biggest backers have criticised the deal.
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Israel fires 'warning shots' near diplomats in West Bank

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Many nations have condemned the Israel military, which says a delegation visiting Jenin deviated from an agreed route.
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