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Jun 06 2019
News
U.S.-Mexico talks to continue as time runs short for tariff deal
White House and Mexican government officials met Wednesday to try to reach a deal to halt or delay President Trump’s plan to impose tariffs on roughly $350 billion in imports, a threat that poses major implications for both economies.
The two sides are due to continue their discussions Thursday, with Trump confirming in a Twitter post that tariffs will go into effect next week unless he
Washington PostSep 13 2012
News
Mitt Romney continues attack on Obama’s foreign policy
Republican Mitt Romney cast President Obama as weak on foreign policy, lamenting Thursday that the United States was “at the mercy of events instead of shaping events and promising a military revival that he said would bring “American leadership to the Middle East and across the world.
Washington PostMar 18 2020
Analysis
Is This American Resilience?
On Saturday, conservative writer and professional provocateur David Hookstead bemoaned the COVID-19 outbreak in a tweet that went viral for how perfectly it captured a particular kind of American mentality: “Today should have been a day of college basketball games and a few cold beers. Instead, coronavirus stole it. Imagine explaining to a D-Day veteran that sports were canceled because of a
SlateDec 20 2019
News
Bolton: Trump Administration Could Be Making 'Big Mistake' On North Korea
John Bolton is not particularly concerned about receiving a present from North Korea this holiday season.
In an exclusive interview with NPR, the former U.S. ambassador dismissed the country's recent threat that it could deliver a "Christmas gift" if the U.S. does not meet an end-of-year deadline to offer better terms in nuclear negotiations. Bolton, who has avoided interviews since
NPR (Online News)Aug 28 2013
Opinion
Samuel Gompers Versus Reagan
IMMIGRATION IS DIFFERENT. For 20 years, Republicans have come together to oppose higher taxes. Paul Ryan’s budget won the votes of all but two Republican members of Congress. Tort reform, deregulation, property rights, school choice, religious liberty, and even free trade unite almost everyone in the GOP.
Grover NorquistAug 21 2019
News
Trump cancels visit with Denmark PM after she rebuffs 'absurd' idea of US buying Greenland
President Trump on Tuesday abruptly canceled a planned meeting with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, saying there was no point to the trip after Frederiksen called the idea that the U.S. might buy Greenland from Denmark "absurd" -- and insisted there would be no Copen-haggling about it.
Trump had been expected to visit Denmark on Sept. 2-3 as part of his trip to Europe, but
Fox News DigitalMar 17 2020
Opinion
China Boomeranging
Its bad behavior in the wake of COVID-19 will leave it in its weakest global position in memory. And the U.S. will emerge stronger.
Sometime in late November the Chinese Communist Party apparat was aware that the ingredients of some sort of an epidemic were brewing in Wuhan. Soon after, it was also clear to them that a new type of coronavirus was on the loose, a threat they might have
Victor HansonJul 21 2016
News
Obama did too much in Syria, not too little: Column
The recent tragedies in Orlando, Istanbul, Dhaka, Baghdad, Medina and Nice — like the related ones coming — all have roots in Syria. Conventional wisdom holds that if the United States had done more to affect the course of Syria's civil war, the Islamic State terrorist group might never have taken hold, Syrian President Bashar Assad might have been defeated, and the scale of the war might have
USA TODAYApr 06 2013
News
Guns, Budget, GOP: 5 Stories You'll Care About Next Week
Because youve missed Congress about as much as youve missed a budget from the president ... and because you wont have to miss an immigration framework much longer (we think) ... heres a glimpse of the top stories the ABC News political unit is tracking in the week to come.
ABC News (Online)Oct 23 2019
News
Trump claims 'breakthrough' on Syria, lifts sanctions on Turkey: 'We're getting out'
President Donald Trump, facing harsh criticism from both Republicans and Democrats for his abrupt decisions on Syria, claimed a "breakthrough" on Wednesday, saying the ceasefire on Turkey's border with Syria is "permanent."
"Early this morning, the Government of Turkey ... said that they would be stopping combat and their offensive in Syria, making the ceasefire permanent, and it will
ABC News (Online)