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Saturday's Headlines: Russian ambassador told Moscow that Kushner wanted secret channel with Kremlin

Senate Intelligence Committee requests all Trump campaign documents dating to June 2015; Trump's views on climate are 'evolving,' aide says, amid pressure from Europeans; 'The Germans are bad, very bad': Trump's alleged slight generates confusion, backlash; Venezuela's paradox: People are hungry, but farmers can't feed them;
 
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Russian ambassador told Moscow that Kushner wanted secret channel with Kremlin
Sergey Kislyak reported to his superiors in December that Jared Kushner, President Trump's son-in-law and adviser, asked him about setting up a communications channel between the transition team and the Kremlin using Russian facilities in the United States, an apparent move to shield pre-inauguration discussions from monitoring, according to U.S. officials briefed on intelligence reports.
Senate Intelligence Committee requests all Trump campaign documents dating to June 2015
The Senate Intelligence Committee has asked President Trump's political organization to gather and produce all documents, emails and phone records going back to his campaign's launch, according to two people briefed on the request. The letter arrived at Trump's campaign committee last week and represents the first time Trump's official campaign structure has been drawn into the Senate investigation.
 
Trump's views on climate are 'evolving,' aide says, amid pressure from Europeans
Allies at the G-7 summit have personally pressured the president to remain in the 2015 Paris accord, a decision that would be a striking reversal. "He came here to learn," an adviser said.
 
'The Germans are bad, very bad': Trump's alleged slight generates confusion, backlash
A report of allegedly heated comments spread rapidly through the German press and social media, igniting an uproar. But what did the president actually say? Even administration officials have differing accounts. 
 
Venezuela's paradox: People are hungry, but farmers can't feed them
The government has cut back on food imports, and for farmers in most countries, that would present an opportunity. But at a time of empty supermarkets and spreading hunger, Venezuela's farms are producing less, not more, making the situation worse. Government policies and extortion have created what economists see as a man-made disaster.
 
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John Boehner unloads on Trump: A ‘complete disaster’
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Man hurling racial slurs kills 2, injures 1 on Oregon train, police say
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Turkey reportedly seeks arrest of NBA center who criticized Erdogan
A Turkish judge issued an arrest warrant for the Oklahoma Thunder's Enes Kanter over allegations that is a part of a "terror group," according to reports. Kanter, a native of Turkey, has accused the government there of "human rights abuses."
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