President Trump visits border communities, death from overwork in Japan, an Egyptian musician in exile

President Trump visits border communities, death from overwork in Japan, an Egyptian musician in exile

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President Donald Trump visits the Mexican border to highlight what he’s calling a “humanitarian and security crisis on our southern border.” The main message in Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s speech in Cairo was stated over and over: Barack Obama’s approach to the Middle East was dangerous and wrong, and Iran is the arch-enemy of stability across the region. And Americans studying abroad in Italy find common cause with refugees from Sudan.