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REAL NEWS PRESIDENT TRUMP DOESN’T WANT YOU TO MISS

‘I Love the Smell of a Construction Site’ – Trump Kicks Off Massive Infrastructure Push

– The Daily Caller

“There’s no better place to begin the campaign of infrastructure than right here in Ohio,” President Donald J. Trump told workers near Cleveland, Ohio, on Thursday. The President explained that his entire professional life has been about building things. “I love it. I love the smell of a construction site. Right? There’s just something about it.”

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Trump Tells Union Crowd That US Has Best Economy Ever

– The New York Post

On Thursday, to a crowd of “cheering union members,” President Trump made the case for why the U.S. economy is in the best shape in its history. The President cited job creation, falling unemployment claims, and recent progress on trade deals as evidence for America’s economic turnaround.

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U.S. Fourth-Quarter Growth Revised Up to 2.9 Percent; Consumer Spending Surges

– Reuters

U.S. economic growth in the fourth quarter of 2017 showed the “biggest gain in consumer spending in three years,” Reuters reports. “Gross domestic product expanded at a 2.9 percent annual rate in the final three months of 2017.”

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US, Mexico Open New Maritime Front in Drug War

– The Associated Press

“The United States, Mexico and Colombia will target drug smugglers off South America’s Pacific coast in an operation that is scheduled to begin Sunday,” The Associated Pressreports from U.S. Coast Guard officials. While the U.S. and Mexico continue to address the issues of immigration and trade, “the two countries are joining forces on the high seas like never before to go after drug smugglers.”

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EPA Head Scott Pruitt Visits Major Wyoming Coal Mine, Preaches End of ‘War on Fossil Fuels’

– Casper Star Tribune

This week, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt visited Wyoming on the invitation of Sens. John Barrasso (R-WY) and Mike Enzi (R-WY). Administrator Pruitt “said it was time for the agency to reverse what he described as a political attack on the fossil fuel industry,” Heather Richards reports.

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Melania Trump Makes Surprise Visit to Florida Hospital to Celebrate Easter

– Washington Examiner

First Lady Melania Trump visited St. Mary’s Medical Center in Florida this week, delivering Easter baskets ahead of this Sunday’s holiday. “So great to spend time with some of their brave patients and hard working doctors and nurses,” the First Lady wrote after her visit.

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