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1 day ago | wng.org | Christina Grube

The event formerly known as the International Film Festival, revealed changes to its dress code policy this year, including formally barring attendees from donning explicit outfits. For the sake of decency, nudity is not allowed in festival areas, including the red carpet, according to the new policy. The Cannes hospitality team will stop anyone violating the dress code from accessing the red carpet, the policy added.

1 day ago | wng.org | Christina Grube

President Donald Trump brokered a $142 billion defense deal Tuesday while visiting Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the capital city of Riyadh. The deal is the largest defense sale agreement in history, according to the White House. Over a dozen American defense contractors will equip Saudi Arabia with state-of-the-art warfighting equipment and services, the White House said.

2 days ago | wng.org | Stephen Kloosterman

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday said he planned to travel to Turkey on Thursday and he expected Russian leader Vladimir Putin also to be there. Putin earlier on Sunday proposed direct talks with Ukraine in Istanbul—the latest in a series of proposals to wind down the conflict between the two countries. A ceasefire a week ago, proposed by Russia, did not occur. Each country blamed the other for continuing hostilities.

2 days ago | wng.org | Lauren Canterberry

President Donald Trump on Monday signed the order directing the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to change the pricing model for some drugs. The move could tie what Medicare pays for medications to the lowest price paid by other economically advanced countries. Trump on Monday said foreign countries had benefited from low drug costs due to government and negotiations with pharmaceutical companies, while Americans paid much higher prices for the same products.

2 days ago | wng.org | Lauren Canterberry

Representatives on the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Sunday released a plan to save $880 billion over the next decade. The savings are part of a broad effort by Congressional Republicans to cut at least $1.5 trillion from the federal budget to cover President Donald Trump’s priorities. The White House’s goals include an extension of his 2017 tax cuts that are due to expire at the end of the year.