U.S., China dig in over trade; Trump calls on firms to cut ties with Beijing
After Beijing said it would impose new tariffs on American goods, President Trump ordered U.S. companies to “start looking for an alternative to China.” The White House doesn’t have the authority to force businesses to follow such directives.
Trump calls the Fed chair an ‘enemy’ after Powell said trade war is ‘turbulent’
The president’s latest attack on Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell triggered a stock market slide.
‘Everyone is nervous’: Trump muddles his message on economy
The White House’s contradictory, chaotic response to slowing growth is a product of tensions over how to handle that reality.
How fentanyl flowed through the U.S. Postal Service and across the southern border
Vulnerabilities that allowed vast quantities of the drug into the United States went unaddressed for years as tens of thousands of Americans died from overdoses.
Koch speaks in Columbus, Ohio, in 2015. (AP)
David Koch
1940–2019 Billionaire who had a profound effect on American politics dies at 79
Through a network of well-financed advocacy groups, David Koch and his brother, Charles, achieved their greatest distinction, spreading an uncompromising anti-government gospel that moved the Republican Party steadily to the right.
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2020 Power Ranking
France wants to minimize the chances that President Trump will blow up the Group of Seven summit. Subjects on which to tread lightly include some of the biggest problems facing the world.
Campaign 2020At least nine presidential hopefuls will probably miss next month’s debate and see their profiles sharply downgraded.
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A comically short field, an injured star and weather issues. Does anyone still think the preseason needs to be so long?
The hospitals he visited in El Paso and Dayton said that isn’t what happened — and that doctors would never pause surgery to greet the president.
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Instead of living in fear of office puritans, aim to delight them with your lunch — and make them jealous.
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