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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is turning his attention to domestic issues after his nine-day trip to the Middle East and Europe. In a tweet Sunday night, the president calls for putting more money into the health care system. And he says he wants it to be "the best anywhere." The House Republican health care bill has drawn criticism for spending billions less and potentially causing millions of Americans to lose their health coverage.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly is on the defensive amid reports that the president's adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner had proposed a secret back channel between the Kremlin and the Trump transition team. In interviews Sunday, Kelly said he didn't know whether the reports were true. But he said on "Fox News Sunday" that "any channel of communications back or otherwise with a country like Russia is a good thing," adding, "I wouldn't criticize it."
BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel is urging European Union nations to stick together in the face of new uncertainty over the United States and other challenges. Merkel said at a campaign event in Bavaria that "the times in which we can fully count on others are somewhat over, as I have experienced in the past few days." The comments follow President Donald Trump saying he needed more time to decide if the U.S. would continue backing a key climate accord.
BROOKHAVEN, Mississippi (AP) — Authorities say a shooting spree that left eight people dead in Mississippi began with a call regarding a domestic dispute. The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation said in a news release Sunday that a Lincoln County sheriff's deputy was among those killed.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile that landed in Japan's maritime economic zone, officials said, in the latest in a string of test launches as the North seeks to build nuclear-tipped ICBMs that can reach the U.S. mainland. The suspected Scud-type missile launched from the coastal town of Wonsan flew about 450 kilometers (280 miles) and landed west of Japan, Seoul and Toyko said.
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