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Patrick Wintour and Julian Borger report:
Member states have backed a resolution strongly supportive of the World Health Organization, after Donald Trump issued a fresh broadside against the UN body, giving it 30 days to make unspecified reforms or lose out on US funding.
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The Senate has confirmed Trey Trainor, a conservative Texas attorney, to the Federal Elections Committee.
Trainor, an election law attorney, has pushed for less regulation of money in politics. He advised the Republican National Committee and Donald Trump’s campaign during the 2016 election.
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