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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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Watch: Man tries to scale cruise ship in Sydney

  • News source: BBC News - World
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A 29-year-old was arrested after he was seen climbing up the mooring lines of the Carnival Adventure cruise ship docked at Sydney Harbour.
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Delaware's assisted suicide bill signed into law, making it the 11th state with such a statute

  • News source: FOX News
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Delaware Gov. Matt Meyer, a Democrat, signed a bill Tuesday legalizing physician-assisted suicide for certain terminally ill patients, arguing that the measure is about "compassion, dignity, and respect for personal choice."

The End-of-Life Options Act, which takes effect next year, allows mentally capable adults who have been diagnosed with a terminal illness and given six months or less to live to request a prescription to self-administer and end their lives.

"We're acknowledging today that even in the last moments of life, compassion matters,"...
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Tropical forests destroyed at fastest recorded rate last year

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Tropical forests provide a buffer against climate change, but disappeared faster than ever recorded last year.
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Former DR Congo PM sentenced to hard labour on corruption charge

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Augustin Ponyo Matata is found guilty of his part in embezzling about $245m.
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Rubio warns Syria could be weeks away from 'full-scale civil war'

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The US secretary of state calls for Syria's transitional authorities to be supported to prevent their "potential collapse".
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Speaker Johnson reaches tentative deal with blue state Republicans to boost cap on ‘SALT’ deduction

  • News source: FOX News
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House Speaker Mike Johnson has reached a tentative deal with blue state Republican lawmakers to boost the cap on state and local tax deductions, or "SALT," to $40,000 in President Donald Trump’s so-called "big, beautiful bill," Republican sources confirmed to Fox News late Tuesday.

The proposed cap – which is up from $30,000 – would be per household for taxpayers making less than $500,000 per year.

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Senate unanimously approves $25,000 tax break for tipped workers

  • News source: FOX News
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The U.S. Senate has passed a new bill that would offer a tax deduction on tips worth up to $25,000.

This bill, if enacted into law, would also extend to business tax credits for payroll taxes on tips in beauty and spa services.

Sen. Ted Cruz, a Texas Republican, is pushing the proposal – which passed unanimously – an outcome considered rare for substantive legislation.

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‘Dried out prune'? ‘Corrupt' and ‘incompetent'? Springsteen-Trump feud gets nasty

  • News source: David Bauder | The Associated Press
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They have some similarities, Bruce Springsteen and Donald Trump — guys in their 70s with homes in New Jersey and big constituencies among white American men middle-aged and older. And both, in very different respects, are the boss.

That's about where it ends.

The veteran rock star, long a political opponent of the president, stood up as one of Trump's most prominent cultural critics last week with a verbal takedown from a British stage.

As is his nature, Trump is fighting back — hard. He calls Springsteen a “dried out prune of a rocker” and is...
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DOJ investigating NYC mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo over testimony to Congress

  • News source: Ryan J. Reilly | NBC News
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The Justice Department is conducting a criminal investigation into former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a leading contender in the New York City mayoral race, over his testimony to Congress last year, according to a person familiar with the matter.

House Republicans had requested a federal investigation into Cuomo, a Democrat, arguing he lied to the House Oversight Committee last year when he said he had not been involved in reviewing a report from the New York Department of Health about the state's handling of the coronavirus pandemic when he was governor.

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Pittsburgh mayoral primary sees major upset as ‘old guard’ candidate defeats progressive incumbent Ed Gainey

  • News source: FOX News
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Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey was ousted Tuesday in a stiff Democratic primary challenge from Corey O'Connor, the son of a former city leader who had the support of the party's "old guard" and some Republicans.

Mayor Ed Gainey, seen as the progressive in the race, began the contest on roughly even footing in terms of campaign funding, but O'Connor, son of the late former Mayor Bob O'Connor, had outraised and outspent the incumbent by April – ultimately putting up a fight in a city that has not been competitive on a partisan level since the 1930s...
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Soros-backed Philadelphia DA survives primary challenge, but potential GOP wrinkle ahead

  • News source: FOX News
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Biden's last screening for prostate cancer was in 2014, spokesperson says

  • News source: Kelly O'Donnell and Raquel Coronell Uribe |
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Joe Biden was never diagnosed with prostate cancer until last week, and the last time he was screened for the disease was more than a decade ago, a spokesperson for the former president said Tuesday.

“President Biden’s last known PSA was in 2014. Prior to Friday, President Biden had never been diagnosed with prostate cancer,” the spokesperson said.

Screening for prostate cancer often involves a prostate-specific antigen, or PSA, test, which measures the level of protein produced by the prostate and could indicate potential disease. The test has a...
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Sen. Blackburn targets birth tourism, 'buying American citizenship' in support of Trump's immigration agenda

  • News source: FOX News
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Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., introduced new legislation Tuesday aimed at dismantling the multimillion-dollar birth tourism industry that allows foreign nationals to use America’s immigration system to secure automatic citizenship for their children.

The Ban Birth Tourism Act, introduced in the U.S. Senate, would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to declare inadmissible any foreign national seeking a tourist visa for the primary purpose of giving birth in the United States.

Those births automatically trigger U.S. citizenship for the...
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DOJ opens investigation into Andrew Cuomo over pandemic testimony to Congress

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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The Justice Department has opened an investigation into former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo concerning his testimony to Congress during the COVID-19 pandemic, two officials familiar with the matter told CBS News Tuesday.

The investigation comes months after the DOJ dropped charges against current New York City Mayor Eric Adams. Both Adams and Cuomo are running for mayor in the upcoming election.

The news was first reported by The New York Times.

The Justice Department had no comment when reached by CBS News.

In a statement, Rich Azzopardi, a Cuomo...
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Jake Tapper on new book alleging Biden's inner circle hid signs of decline

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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A new book by journalists Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson is shedding new light on the cognitive decline of former President Joe Biden. The book, "Original Sin," depicts alleged attempts by the president's family and close aides to shield his mental lapses from the public. A Biden spokesperson denies the allegations. Tapper joins to discuss.
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