President Donald Trump is set to talk to Russian president Vladimir Putin “very soon” in the wake of growing suspected pneumonic plague fears stemming from the death of a female lab worker in Siberia.

When asked by a journalist about the plague-related incident, Trump said that a phone call with Putin has been planned to discuss the alleged death, adding “so far, we are in very deep discussions. We’ll be able to report about it probably tomorrow.”

Marco Rubio on Tuesday also urged........

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