Todays headlines include:

U.S. President Donald Trump has promised Americans $5,000 each if his Republican Party wins the upcoming midterm elections.
A fire has broken out on a passenger ferry in waters off the western Philippines, killing at least five people and leaving dozens missing.
MPs across the political spectrum have called on One Nation leader Pauline Hanson to take down a cartoon calling Western Australian MP Andrew Hastie a traitor.
And today’s good news! A new study has shown dogs are capable of reading our facial expressions, and figuring out specific emotions.

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Headlines: Trump's promise of $5,000 per citizen

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Headlines: Trump's promise of $5,000 per citizen