By Julia Harte Jan. 13 – Video of a US immigration agent fatally shooting a Minneapolis mother in her car on Wednesday went viral, becoming a political Rorschach test that elicits different verdicts depending on who watches it. President Donald Trump and his administration have defended the agent and labeled 37-year-old Renee Good a domestic … Read more
WASHINGTON, Jan 13 (Reuters) – U.S. consumer prices likely accelerated in December as some of the distortions related to the government shutdown that had artificially reduced inflation in November were removed, which will cement expectations of the Federal Reserve leaving interest rates unchanged this month. The 43-day shutdown prevented the collection of prices for October, … Read more
PBS will air separate science and foreign affairs programs next weekend after shutting the doors on its Saturday and Sunday breakscasts because of the federal government’s $1.1 billion cut in public broadcasting funding. “PBS News Weekend” signed off Sunday, “at least for the foreseeable future,” said anchor John Yang. The weekend sister of “PBS NewsHour” … Read more
By Jana Choukeir, Nayera Abdallah and Tala Ramadan DUBAI, Jan 12 (Reuters) – Iran said on Monday it was keeping communications open with the United States as President Donald Trump weighed responses to a violent crackdown on protests that have posed one of the biggest challenges to clerical rule since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Trump … Read more
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — US President Donald Trump said Iran must negotiate with Washington after his threat to hit the Islamic Republic over its bloody crackdown on protesters, a move that came as activists said Monday that the death toll in nationwide demonstrations had risen to at least 544. Iran had no immediate … Read more
By Michael Martina, Trevor Hunnicutt and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON, Jan 11 (Reuters) – Among the many aims of last week’s US military operation that captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was to send a message to China: stay away from America. For at least two decades, Beijing has sought to build influence in Latin America, not … Read more
Republican Senator Rand Paul says that President Donald Trump is shooting himself in the foot with his aggressive stance towards Greenland. Trump escalated his threats to take over the mineral-rich island, telling reporters on Friday, “We’re going to do something in Greenland, whether they like it or not.” The 79-year-old president said that “they will … Read more
By Jarrett Renshaw Jan 11 (Reuters) – US President Donald Trump said on Sunday he may block Exxon Mobil from investing in Venezuela after the oil major’s CEO called the country “uninvestable” during a White House meeting last week. Exxon CEO Darren Woods told Trump that Venezuela would need to change its laws before it … Read more
Some of Donald Trump’s own supporters seem fed up with what they see as his weak grasp of economic reality. The president, 79, faced backlash Sunday after flaunting the grand entrance to his sprawling Mar-a-Lago estate in a Social Truth post—just days after a dismal jobs report and amid an affordability crisis. “The entrance to … Read more
Since 2016, Donald Trump and his MAGA movement have driven a wedge between many personal relationships. Mandel U / Pictures This seems to be the case for this MAGA voter who is feeling “lost and confused” after being cut off from his peers of 20+ years because of their support for Trump. Nicholas Kamm / … Read more