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“We care about national security and shipping lanes. So let’s think about them and try figure them out together. Those are the key points that the Unites Stated cares about,” Lutnick said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

It comes a day after the inauguration of United Stated President Donald Trump, which saw US senator John Fetterman arrive in a hoodie, shorts and trainers.

From BBC • Jan. 21, 2025

Stated goal of the cases: To maintain state sovereignty and protect women and girls.

From Slate • Oct. 10, 2024

Stated reason: Perry pointed to several incidents that had taken place in Mexico, including the arrest of four Iraqi men reportedly headed to the U.S., to justify the need for the operation.

From Salon • Apr. 18, 2022

Stated so baldly, this notion—that the indigenous peoples of the Americas floated changelessly through the millennia until 1492—may seem ludicrous.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann