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President Donald Trump meets with Aya Hijazi, an Egyptian-American aid worker, in the Oval office of the White House in Washington, Friday, April 21, 2017. Hijazi, an Egyptian-American charity worker was freed after nearly three years of detention in Egypt returning to the U.S., Thursday, April 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

The Latest: Trump says ‘no deal’ was made for charity worker

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FILE -- In this Sunday, April 16, 2017 file photo, Aya Hijazi, center, a dual U.S.-Egyptian citizen, is acquitted by an Egyptian court after nearly three years of detention over accusations related to running a foundation dedicated to helping street children, in Cairo, Egypt. Hijazi's lawyer, Taher Abol Nasr, said she was released from prison late Tuesday, April 18, 2017, two days after a court acquitted her of charges of child abuse that were widely dismissed as bogus by human rights groups and U.S. officials. (AP Photo/Mohamed el Raai, File)

Charity worker returns to US after being detained in Egypt

By JULIE PACE - Associated Press

FILE -- In this Sunday, April 16, 2017 file photo, Aya Hijazi, center, a dual U.S.-Egyptian citizen, is acquitted by an Egyptian court after nearly three years of detention over accusations related to running a foundation dedicated to helping street children, in Cairo, Egypt. Hijazi's lawyer, Taher Abol Nasr, said she was released from prison late Tuesday, April 18, 2017, two days after a court acquitted her of charges of child abuse that were widely dismissed as bogus by human rights groups and U.S. officials. (AP Photo/Mohamed el Raai, File)

Aya Hijazi returns to U.S. after 3-year detention in Egypt

By Julie Pace - Associated Press

Ohio museum continues with public sales of ancient artifacts

Associated Press

FILE -- In this Sunday, April 9, 2017 file photo, blood stains pews inside the St. George Church after a suicide bombing, in Tanta, Egypt. The Palm Sunday deadly bombings of two churches left Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi grappling with the question of how to defeat a tenacious insurgency by Islamic State group militants. His predicament comes at a time when he’s also tackling the problem of repairing a broken economy, carrying out tough reforms that have won praise from economists but have dealt a devastating blow to most Egyptians. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty, File)

Egypt’s leader juggles insurgency, economy

By HAMZA HENDAWI - Associated Press

People gather outside the St. George's Church after a suicide bombing, in the Nile Delta town of Tanta, Egypt, Sunday, April 9, 2017. Bombs exploded at two Coptic churches in the northern Egyptian cities of Tanta and Alexandria as worshippers were celebrating Palm Sunday, killing over 40 people and wounding scores more in assaults claimed by the Islamic State group. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

ISIS hit on Coptic Christians leaves Egypt in emergency

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Women cry during the funeral for those killed in a Palm Sunday church attack in Alexandria Egypt, at the Mar Amina church, Monday, April 10, 2017. Egyptian Christians were burying their dead on Monday, a day after Islamic State suicide bombers killed at least 45 people in coordinated attacks targeting Palm Sunday services in two cities. Women wailed as caskets marked with the word &quot;martyr&quot; were brought into the Mar Amina church in the coastal city of Alexandria, the footage broadcast on several Egyptian channels. (AP Photo/Samer Abdallah)

Attacks test Egypt’s president who orders state of emergency

By MAGGIE MICHAEL - Associated Press

a girl walks on a pier at the Red Sea beach town of Taba, in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, in this Oct. 28, 2011, file photo. Israel has closed its Taba border crossing to Egypt on Monday, April 10, 2017, following a warning by its anti-terrorism office of an &quot;imminent&quot; militant attack there. A pair of church bombings during Palm Sunday ceremonies killed more than 40 people in two northern Egyptian towns on Sunday; shortly after those attacks, Israeli urged its citizens in Sinai to return home. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra, File)

Israel shuts Egypt border crossing following terror warning

By Ian Deitch - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015 photo, Pope Tawadros II, the 118th pope of the Coptic Church of Egypt, leads a mass for the Egyptian Christians who were killed in Libya, at St. Mark's Cathedral in Cairo, Egypt. Egypt's Coptic Christians have become the preferred target of Islamic State radicals operating in the Arab world's most populous nation, seeking to sow discord, undermine President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, and split the country. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)

Despite deadly attacks, Pope Francis will still go to Egypt

By Hannah Brockhaus - Catholic News Agency

A man sits on a bench outside a church after a bomb attack in the Nile Delta town of Tanta, Egypt, Sunday, April 9, 2017. The attack took place on Palm Sunday, the start of the Holy Week leading up to Easter, when the church in the Nile Delta town of Tanta was packed with worshippers. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

The Latest: US official condemns ‘barbaric attacks’ in Egypt

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Blood stains pews inside the St. George Church after a suicide bombing, in the Nile Delta town of Tanta, Egypt, Sunday, April 9, 2017. Bombs exploded at two Coptic churches in the northern Egyptian cities of Tanta and Alexandria as worshippers were celebrating Palm Sunday, killing over 40 people and wounding scores more in assaults claimed by the Islamic State group. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

Suicide bombers kill 44 at Palm Sunday services in Egypt

By Hamza Hendawi - Associated Press

Dozens of Egyptian expats rallied Monday, April 3, 2017, outside the White House in support of Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi. (Photo by S.A. Miller/The Washington Times)

Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, Egypt’s president, warmly greeted by Coptic Christian expats outside WH

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump walks with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi at the White House in Washington, Monday, April 3, 2017. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump, Egypt President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi huddle at White House, plot fight against terror

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi. (Associated Press/File)

Mohamed Soltan, ex-prisoner of Egypt’s Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, hopeful of Donald Trump meeting

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Israel warns citizens against visiting Egypt’s Sinai

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