Jun 30 Schumer: ATF should investigate Dominican Republic deaths By Michael Balsamo, Associated Press The Senate's top Democrat said Sunday that the U.S. government should step up efforts to investigate the deaths of at least eight Americans in the Dominican Republic this year. Continue reading
Jun 30 Kim-Trump border meeting: History or just a photo-op? By Foster Clug, Associated Press Whatever you might think of what happened, history will likely judge it on a single point: Will it help address the North’s headlong pursuit of a fully functioning arsenal of nuclear weapons that can strike anywhere in the U.S.?… Continue reading
Jun 30 Wide grins and historic handshake for Trump, Kim at DMZ By Zeke Miller, Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press With wide grins and a historic handshake, President Donald Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un met at the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone on Sunday and agreed to revive talks on the pariah nation’s nuclear program. Trump, pressing his bid… Continue reading
Jun 29 AP fact check: Trump on Mueller, trade; Dem debate debut By Calvin Woodward, Hope Yen, Associated Press A few months ago, President Donald Trump affirmed that he thought special counsel Robert Mueller acted honorably in the Russia investigation. Now Trump is back in "witch hunt" territory, this time falsely accusing Mueller of committing a crime. Continue reading
Jun 29 U.S., Taliban open Doha talks in fresh bid to end war By Kathy Gannon, Associated Press A fresh round of talks between the U.S. and the Taliban began in Qatar on Saturday, just days after U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Washington is hoping for an Afghan peace agreement before Sept. 1. Continue reading
Jun 29 DMZ diplomacy? Trump outreach to Kim for border rendezvous By Zeke Miller, Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press President Trump issued a Twitter invitation Saturday to North Korea’s Kim Jong Un to meet for a handshake at the Demilitarized Zone that separates the North and South, and expressed a willingness to cross the border for what would be… Continue reading
Jun 29 Judge bars Trump from using $2.5B to build border wall By Associated Press A federal judge on Friday prohibited President Donald Trump from tapping $2.5 billion in military funding to build high-priority segments of his prized border wall in California, Arizona and New Mexico. Continue reading
Jun 29 Truce in U.S.-China trade war as 2 rivals seek breakthrough By Jonathan Lemire, Zeke Miller, Associated Press President Donald Trump and China's Xi Jinping agreed to a cease-fire Saturday in their nations' yearlong trade war, averting for now an escalation feared by financial markets, businesses and farmers. Continue reading
Jun 28 Trump tweets he could meet Kim Jong Un in possible visit to demilitarized zone By Associated Press President Donald Trump is inviting North Korea's Kim Jong Un to shake hands during a possible visit to the demilitarized zone with South Korea. Continue reading
Jun 28 Watch 2:55 At the G-20, Trump delivers warning on election meddling with a grin In Japan, President Trump warned Russian President Vladimir Putin and his staff not to meddle in the 2020 election, but he did so with a grin. Although G-20 summits have historically been calm conferences, President Trump has made them less… Continue watching