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President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on Tuesday withdrawing the United States from the United Nations Human Rights Council and ending future funding for UNRWA, which provides aid and services to Palestinian refugees across the Middle East. The order also directs the secretary of state to evaluate international organizations, treaties, and conventions that may promote what the administration describes as “radical or anti-American sentiment.
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