The president’s top advisers gathered in a series of Situation Room meetings as they struggled to contain a scandal engulfing Donald Trump himself.

Two Belarusian men were in custody as part of an investigation into the killing of the exiled painter Robert Kuzovkov.

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Two Belarusian men were in custody as part of an investigation into the killing of the exiled painter Robert Kuzovkov.

© Vasily Krestyaninov/SOTA, via Associated Press

Despite mutual praise between the two leaders, there has been a series of setbacks to U.S. relations with India since they last met more than a year ago.

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