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Aug 15 2019
News
China Readies Response to Tariffs, Resists Hong Kong Advice
China called looming U.S. tariffs a violation of accords reached by Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, vowing retaliation as Beijing also pushed back on Trump’s effort to link the trade war with the turmoil in Hong Kong.
The plans for 10% tariffs on an additional $300 billion in Chinese imports have taken the U.S. and China off the track of resolving their dispute through
BloombergAug 12 2019
News
Protesters shut down Hong Kong airport as China warns of ‘terrorism,’ raising fears of military crackdown
Thousands of protesters shut down Hong Kong’s international airport Monday, defying an intensifying police crackdown, as China issued ominous warnings that described the protests as “terrorism” and began massing a paramilitary force in a southern border city.
Some of the protesters who had been occupying the airport’s arrivals hall swarmed into the departures area Monday, prompting
Washington PostSep 22 2021
Perspectives Blog
Why Did Gabby Petito Become the Nation's Biggest Story?
From the Center
This view is from an author rated as Center.
For much of the past week, the disappearance of 22-year old Gabby Petito has been one of the most-covered stories in America and beyond. Why?
Petito went missing in August during a cross-country road trip with her boyfriend, 23-year old Brian Laundrie. The two documented their journey on social media,
Henry A. BrechterOct 15 2019
Opinion
Whistleblowers, Yesterday and Today
The media’s false narrative about unbiased truth-tellers.
I cannot wait to learn more about the identity and motives of the secret whistleblower who figures so prominently in stories of Trump’s phone call with the newly elected Ukrainian president. The narrative that began a month ago, as an insider’s accusation of Trump’s threat to cut off U.S. military aid unless investigations were
The American SpectatorMay 23 2019
News
House Democrats Take On Trump Through High-Stakes Litigation
Deadlock since midterms has led to more legal face-offs between executive and legislative branches
The Democratic-controlled House of Representatives is playing an unusually active role in federal courtrooms, where the fate of key Trump administration policies as well as the powers of Congress to investigate the president are at stake.
Douglas Letter, general counsel of the House
Wall Street Journal (News)May 21 2019
News
Trump stops ex-White House counsel Don McGahn testifying to Congress
Donald Trump has blocked the former White House counsel Don McGahn from testifying before Congress about the special counsel report on Russian election interference, prompting sharp criticism and even threats of impeachment.
In a legal opinion released on Monday, the justice department said lawmakers on Capitol Hill cannot compel McGahn, who was subpoenaed by the House judiciary
The GuardianMay 20 2019
News
Trump scrambles to reverse Rust Belt slide
His campaign is moving to shore up his standing in Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania — where its own polling shows him trailing Joe Biden.
Donald Trump’s aides and allies are moving aggressively to shore up his support in three Rust Belt states that propelled him to the presidency — but where his own polling shows him in trouble heading into 2020.
Trump will travel to
PoliticoJul 31 2019
News
Slow Progress in Trade Talks Is Partly a Result of China’s New Tactic to Wait
Plodding progress in trade negotiations between the U.S. and China this week is partly the result of a new tactic from Beijing, which increasingly thinks waiting may produce a more-favorable agreement.
U.S. and Chinese trade negotiators held four hours of talks Wednesday, after a dinner the night before, and then wrapped up their first face-to-face meeting since negotiations foundered
Wall Street Journal (News)May 13 2019
News
As Green New Deal Support Slips, WashPost Blames GOP, Fox News
Fewer people are now in favor of the Green New Deal and the disappointment of The Washington Post was palpable.
It turned out that once more people knew more about the socialist fantasy to save the planet (and give away a bunch of other stuff), attitudes shifted against it. To the Post this was proof the “GOP campaign” to “sour the plan in the minds of Republican voters” was working.
NewsBustersMay 11 2014
News
Nigerian families organizing search for kidnapped girls
Frustration and despair over the fate of hundreds of schoolgirls kidnapped by Islamic extremists in northern Nigeria is forcing families to organize the rescue themselves.
"We are trying to search for our daughters on our own," said a mother of one of the girls, asking to remain unidentified out of fear of causing her daughter further harm. "Soon we will be heading to the forest.
USA TODAY