Jun 02 White House: Trump 'deadly serious" about Mexico tariffs By Lisa Mascaro, Hope Yen, Associated Press A top White House official said Sunday that President Donald Trump is "deadly serious" about slapping tariffs on imports from Mexico but acknowledged there are no concrete benchmarks being set to assess whether the U.S. ally was stemming the flow… Continue reading
Jun 02 Pompeo says US ready to talk to Iran with 'no preconditions' By Sharon Cohen, Lindsey Tanner, Associated Press U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Sunday that the Trump administration is ready for unconditional discussions with Iran in an effort to ease rising tensions that have sparked fears of conflict. But the United States will not relent in… Continue reading
Jun 01 Biden going it alone as the Democratic 2020 front-runner By Bill Barrow, Associated Press The center of presidential politics this weekend is the California Democratic Convention, but Democrats' 2020 front-runner is almost 2,500 miles away, going it alone. Continue reading
Jun 01 At first-ever public hearing on CBD, advocates and FDA try to blaze trail to regulatory compromise By Nicholas Florko, STAT The meeting on Friday was the public kickoff of the FDA’s quest to sketch a clear framework to regulate CBD, or cannabidiol, products. Continue reading
Jun 01 Democratic presidential hopefuls to woo California activists By Kathleen Ronayne, Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press More than a dozen Democratic presidential hopefuls have flocked to California for the chance to make their cases to thousands of activists in the nation’s largest liberal stronghold. Continue reading
Jun 01 Defense chief calls out China on tech theft, South China Sea By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press U.S. Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan on Saturday denounced China's efforts to steal technology from other nations and militarize man-made outposts in the South China Sea as a "toolkit of coercion," saying activities by Beijing the U.S. perceives as hostile… Continue reading
May 31 Watch 4:29 News Wrap: Barr disagrees with Trump on treason and the FBI In our news wrap Friday, Attorney General William Barr says he doesn't think senior FBI officials committed treason when investigating the Trump campaign, despite President Trump’s repeated claims. Still, Barr said the investigation may have been “antithetical to the democratic… Continue watching
May 31 Watch 6:09 Why Trump's Mexico tariff idea is widely opposed President Trump has long praised the use of tariffs, but his new threat to Mexico took many people by surprise. Trump said he will levy a 5 percent tariff on Mexican imports as of June 10 unless the country curbs… Continue watching
May 31 Watch 7:15 Why this former U.S. ambassador thinks Trump's tariffs won't achieve immigration goals This spring, around 100,000 migrants per month have been caught illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. With a proposed 5 percent tariff on imports from Mexico, one of the largest U.S. trading partners, President Trump wants to leverage economic power to… Continue watching
May 31 Watch 13:07 Brooks and Capehart on Mueller's statement, Trump and McCain feud The New York Times columnist David Brooks and The Washington Post’s Jonathan Capehart join Amna Nawaz to discuss the week's political news, including special counsel Robert Mueller’s public statement, what Democrats should do about impeachment, why President Trump is so… Continue watching