Trump’s upbeat China message collides with deepening Beijing rivalry

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump opened his high-stakes meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping by predicting a “fantastic future together” — striking an unusually warm tone as his administration pursues new trade and investment deals with Beijing.”In fact, the longest relationship of our two countries that any president and president has had,” Trump said at the start of the bilateral meeting Thursday local time. “We’ve had a fantastic relationship. We’ve gotten along.””And whenever we had a problem, we worked that out very quickly,” he continued. “We’re going to have a fantastic future together.”Trump also…

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What To Do About Medicaid’s Long-Term Care Benefit?

There seems to be a growing consensus among policymakers that there is something very wrong with Medicaid’s long-term care benefit for frail older adults and younger people with disabilities. But there is deep disagreement about what to do about the program’s long-term services and supports benefit, called LTSS.President Trump and…

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Inside the ‘digital lockdown’ for US officials as Trump arrives in China

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! As President Donald Trump and hundreds of aides, security personnel and officials prepare to travel to China, many will leave behind one of the most basic tools of modern government: their everyday cellphones.Instead, officials entering China often travel with stripped-down “clean” devices,…

South Carolina Republicans defy Trump, tank redistricting, for now

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A handful of Republican state senators in South Carolina on Tuesday derailed an effort in the GOP-dominated legislature to redraw their state’s congressional district map which aims to erase the only Democrat-dominated U.S. House seat ahead of the midterm elections.Five Republican state…

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Hayden Panettiere’s Ex Brian Hickerson Still Thinks About Marrying Her: ‘I Hope So’

Hayden Panettiere’s ex-boyfriend Brian Hickerson still holds the actress in high regard — and “of course” dreams of marriage. “I hope so, [but] she probably doesn’t think the same way,” Hickerson, 37, told TMZ on Wednesday, May 13, when asked about the possibility of a reconciliation. “I think Hayden is one of most talented people I’ve ever met in my life, and I would be an idiot not to walk away from her and let her flourish in her career.” Hickerson further acknowledged that he and Panettiere, 36, “probably wouldn’t be good together” if they reunited. The Nashville alum and…

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