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Trump sticks with tariffs even as US voters turn against them before the midterms
NEW YORK | Maybe President Donald Trump really does believe that “tariff” is the most beautiful word in the dictionary. Despite higher prices, criticism from trade experts and displeasure among voters, Trump holds fast to his belief that imposing the highest import duties on U.S. trading partners since the Great Depression is a winner. A […]
Trump sticks with tariffs even as US voters turn against them before the midterms
NEW YORK | Maybe President Donald Trump really does believe that “tariff” is the most beautiful word in the dictionary. Despite higher prices, criticism from trade experts and displeasure among voters, Trump holds fast to his belief that imposing the highest import duties on U.S. trading partners since the Great Depression is a winner. A […]
Vance expresses doubts about Pentagon plan to livestream Fort Hood shooter’s execution
HEBRON, Ky. | Vice President JD Vance cast doubt Friday on whether the Pentagon will livestream the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan in December but told reporters that if it is livestreamed, “I’m not going to be watching it.” The Republican vice president said, “I don’t know that that’s actually going to […]
Media attorneys ask court for help in preventing White House ban until legal case is resolved
WASHINGTON | An attorney for three news organizations told a federal judge Thursday that the Trump administration must be prevented from barring their reporters from the White House, saying the ban is a classic example of “viewpoint discrimination” that is punishing people for what they say — and violating the media outlets’ First Amendment rights. […]
Man with a gun and knife is fatally shot by security at Nashville federal courthouse, police say
NASHVILLE, Tenn. | A man armed with a pistol and knife was fatally shot by a security officer Thursday just inside the busy entrance of a federal courthouse in Tennessee’s largest city, authorities said. The 42-year-old man tried to fire his gun but failed and then pulled out a knife around 9:30 a.m., said Don […]
Isaias strengthens into a dangerous Category 3 hurricane on track toward the US Gulf Coast
PENSACOLA, Fla. | Isaias strengthened Friday into a major hurricane as it headed toward the U.S. Gulf Coast, where final preparations were being made for potentially life-threatening storm surges and high winds. The hurricane is forecast to make landfall late Friday somewhere along the Alabama-Florida line and create dangerous conditions in the Florida Panhandle, southern […]
ICE officers shot a man in New York because they believed they were in danger, official says
WASHINGTON | Federal immigration officers opened fire on a Dominican man in New York because he drove his car into officers’ vehicles and they believed their lives were in danger, a senior Immigration and Customs Enforcement official said Friday. The 28-year-old man, whom New York City police identified as Oscar Belgal, was shot “superficially” in […]
US hits International Criminal Court with sweeping sanctions as part of drive to dismantle tribunal
WASHINGTON | The Trump administration has imposed sweeping new sanctions on the International Criminal Court as part of its campaign to dismantle the tribunal that the U.S. believes has become politicized and attempted to unfairly and illegally prosecute Americans and Israelis on war crimes charges. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the sanctions on Friday, […]
Trump establishes committee to investigate Federal Reserve’s Lisa Cook in latest effort to fire her
WASHINGTON | President Donald Trump opened another chapter in his effort to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook Friday by establishing a “committee of inquiry” to investigate allegations that she made false statements in mortgage applications. The inquiry will include a hearing at the White House Nov. 5, Trump said in a written memo, that […]
Republicans once raced to embrace Trump. Their debate answers tell a different story now
ATLANTA | Not long ago, Georgia gubernatorial nominee Rick Jackson eagerly compared himself to his fellow billionaire in the Oval Office. He promised to be Donald Trump “with a Southern tone.” And sharing a summer rally stage, Jackson pointed at the president and declared, “I’m going to be this man’s favorite governor.” On the debate […]