FOX News: Trump’s Ukraine minerals deal off for now, but there are alternatives for US

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As U.S.-Ukraine negotiations continue with both sides jockeying back and forth on a possible rare earth minerals deal, President Donald Trump said Sunday that Ukraine was trying to back out of the deal.

Aboard Air Force One, Trump told reporters, "I think [Ukrainian President Volodymyr] Zelenskyy, by the way, he’s trying to back out of the rare earth deal, and if he does that, he’s got some problems, big, big problems."

The deal was reportedly designed to benefit both countries, with a chance of the U.S. recouping some or all of the billions of dollars in military aid it has provided to Ukraine since Russia invaded the Eastern European nation in 2022. Read more here.

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WABC: CONSTABLE TALKS WITH FRANK MORANO ABOUT TARIFFS AND MANY OTHER THINGS

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QUIZ OF ROMANCE SCAMS ONLINE RISING. @REALCONSTABLE @BATCHELORSHOW OCCITANIE., WSJ.

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WSJ: How Much Do You Know About Online Romance Scams? Take Our Quiz to Find Out

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Being robbed is a terrible thing, and may be emotionally draining. The same is true of being fooled in romance. When you combine the two, it’s far worse.

Online romance scams do just that. To avoid being devastated this way, it helps to understand the intricacies of this type of crime. Take our quiz to find out how much you know.

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About how much money was lost altogether by victims who reported romance scams to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Internet Crime Complaint Center in 2023?

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