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Trump freezes Venezuelan government assets amid tensions

By Joshua Goodman, Deb Reichmann, Associated Press

The Trump administration froze all Venezuelan government assets in a dramatic escalation of tensions with Nicolás Maduro that places his socialist administration alongside a short list of adversaries from Cuba, North Korea, Syria and Iran.

Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on Trump's reaction to El Paso and Dayton massacres

NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report join Judy Woodruff to discuss the latest political news, including reaction from Congress and President Trump after another series of mass shootings, how Democratic and Republican views on gun…

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Lashing back, China lets yuan drop and halts U.S. farm purchases

By Paul Wiseman, Joe McDonald, Associated Press

The moves, which came four days after President Donald Trump threatened more taxes on Chinese imports, knocked stock markets worldwide into a tailspin.

If Trump wants stronger background checks, Dems say, he should demand gun bill vote

By Matthew Daly, Associated Press

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said the Senate GOP leader, Mitch McConnell, is blocking gun safety reforms that more than 90 percent of Americans support.

Another El Paso victim dies, raising death toll to 22

By Associated Press

A hospital official says another victim of the weekend mass shooting in El Paso, Texas, has died.

Texas Republican congressman retiring as GOP departures rise

By Alan Fram, Associated Press

Another Texas Republican congressman, Rep. Kenny Marchant, announced his retirement Monday as the party's mounting departures made it increasingly unlikely it will be able to regain the House majority in next year's elections.

WATCH: Trump calls for death penalty for hate crimes

By Associated Press

President Donald Trump is asking the Justice Department to propose legislation so that those who commit hate crimes and mass murders face the death penalty.

WATCH: Trump addresses mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton

President Donald Trump on Monday condemned weekend shootings in Texas and Ohio as barbaric crimes "against all humanity" and called for bipartisan cooperation to respond to an epidemic of gun violence.

Trump tweets, stays out of sight for hours after shootings

By Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press

As the nation reeled from two mass shootings in less than a day, President Donald Trump spent the first hours after the tragedies out of sight at his New Jersey golf course, sending out tweets of support awkwardly mixed in…

North Korea says Kim supervised latest rocket launcher test

By Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press

North Korea said Saturday its leader Kim Jong Un supervised another test-firing of a new multiple rocket launcher system that could potentially enhance the country's ability to strike targets in South Korea and U.S. military bases there.