Trump In China, Hegseth Requests Wartime Budget, FDA Commissioner Resigns
President Trump arrives in Beijing for a brief but high-stakes summit with China's Xi Jinping amid an ongoing trade war, while at home, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth defends a record $1.5 trillion defense budget request tied to the war in Iran, now estimated to cost $29 billion. Meanwhil
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