Oct 26 Fact-checking claims that a Canadian ad was misleading about Reagan’s tariff warning By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman, PolitiFact The one-minute ad included some of Reagan’s remarks out of chronological order and omitted that Reagan recorded the address after imposing duties on some Japanese products. However, the ad’s overall message doesn’t misrepresent Reagan’s views on tariffs. Reagan said he believed that… Continue reading
Oct 25 Trump threatens Canada with 10% tariff increase for not pulling down critical ad sooner By Mark Schiefelbein, Associated Press President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he plans to hike tariffs on imports of Canadian goods by an extra 10% because of an anti-tariff television ad aired by the province of Ontario. Continue reading
Oct 25 Trump departs for Asia where he will meet with China’s Xi. Here’s what else to expect By Michelle L. Price, Mark Schiefelbein, Associated Press President Donald Trump headed for Asia for the first time this term, a trip where he is expected to work on investment deals and peace efforts before meeting face-to-face with Chinese President Xi Jinping to try to de-escalate a trade war. Continue reading
Oct 25 Where the latest court battles over Trump’s National Guard deployments stand now By Gene Johnson, Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press No National Guard troops are expected to be deployed in Portland, Oregon, for at least several days, after a temporary federal appeals court decision Friday. Meanwhile, a judge in Washington, D.C., is weighing whether to pull more than 2,000 troops… Continue reading
Oct 25 Deadly crash in California renews federal criticism of immigrant truck drivers By Corey Williams, Associated Press A 21-year-old semitruck driver accused of being under the influence of drugs and causing a fiery crash that killed three people on a southern California freeway is in the country illegally, U.S. Homeland Security officials said Thursday. That revelation prompted… Continue reading
Oct 24 WATCH: Noem warns National Guard could be deployed after truck-ramming incident in San Francisco By Associated Press Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem said Friday that her department won’t tolerate violence like the truck that rammed into a Coast Guard station in the San Francisco Bay Area on Thursday night. Continue reading
Oct 24 Fact-checking Democrats’ claim that White House said ballroom is Trump’s top priority By Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact Leading Democrats said White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt called a new White House ballroom Donald Trump’s top priority as president. But Leavitt said it was his top priority compared only with other White House construction projects. Continue reading
Oct 24 Head of the Alamo’s historic site resigns after top Texas Republican criticized her views By John Hanna, Associated Press The CEO of the nonprofit managing the Alamo resigned after a powerful Republican state official criticized her publicly, suggesting that her views aren't compatible with the history of the Texas shrine. Continue reading
Oct 24 Watch 5:07 News Wrap: Canadian tariff ad pulled after Trump cut off trade negotiations In our news wrap Friday, President Trump says he's ending trade negotiations with Canada because of a television ad making the case against U.S. tariffs, Secretary of State Rubio expressed confidence that the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas would… Continue watching
Oct 24 Watch 7:25 As federal workers miss paychecks during shutdown, many turn to food banks for relief By Lisa Desjardins, Jonah Anderson, Doug Adams The government shutdown reached day 24 on Friday, marking another milestone for federal workers as they missed a paycheck. That is putting the squeeze on family finances, and many federal workers are now turning to local food banks to help… Continue watching