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Trump pledges '100% tariff' for countries that shun the dollar
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump pledged on Saturday to make it too costly for countries to shift away from using the U.S. dollar, adding a new pillar to his tariff platform.
“You leave the dollar and you’re not doing business with the United States because we are going to put a 100% tariff on your goods,” the Republican presidential nominee ...Read more
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Slotkin, Rogers set to face off in 2 Senate debates
DETROIT — Michigan U.S. Senate candidates Mike Rogers and Elissa Slotkin will face off in two debates in October, after Rogers' campaign said Friday that he agreed participate in a pair of televised debates next month in Detroit and Grand Rapids.
Slotkin, a Holly Democrat, had previously accepted the same invitations from WOOD-TV in Grand ...Read more
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Trump, Harris eye Pennsylvania as main battleground of 2024
Pennsylvania is emerging as the top battleground in the White House race with Kamala Harris and Donald Trump increasingly focusing their attention and resources on the Keystone state.
The most populous of the swing states, Pennsylvania — with its 19 Electoral College votes — has drawn repeated visits from the candidates in recent weeks. And...Read more
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How memories of Japanese American imprisonment during WWII guided the US response to 9/11
As soon as Islamic extremists were identified as having carried out four deadly, coordinated attacks on U.S. soil in the early morning of Sept. 11, 2001, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta started hearing calls from the public to ban Arab Americans and Muslims from all flights – and even to round them up and detain them.
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Voters have made up their minds about Trump. They're still uncertain about Harris
WASHINGTON — “Who’s going to win?”
Anyone who writes about politics hears that question constantly. Let’s get it out of the way first: I don’t know; neither does anyone else.
With the campaign now in its final stretch, Vice President Kamala Harris holds a small lead over former President Donald Trump in most national polls (47%-44...Read more
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Trump, Harris eye Pennsylvania as main battleground of 2024 race
Pennsylvania is emerging as the top battleground in the White House race with Kamala Harris and Donald Trump increasingly focusing their attention and resources on the Keystone state.
The most populous of the swing states, Pennsylvania — with its 19 Electoral College votes — has drawn repeated visits from the candidates in recent weeks. And...Read more
How someone becomes a torturer
Every day, thousands of people are tortured in police stations, security offices and prisons around the world. Human rights organizations protest torture and advocate for survivors, but neither they nor the public knows much about the torturers themselves.
Where do torturers come from? How can they do such terrible things? And most ...Read more
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Editorial: Biden follows Harris's lead in fuel flip-flop
The Biden-Harris administration is many things, but steadfast on policy isn’t one of them.
When President Joe Biden ran in 2020, he caved to the Bernie Bros and let Sen. Bernie Sanders “Unity Task Force” influence his climate change agenda. Fossil fuels bad, pipelines must go, and green was the order of the day.
Vice President Kamala ...Read more
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Here are Mitch McConnell's three biggest challenges this fall in Congress
WASHINGTON — Navigate a fight over the Save Act. Stave off a government shutdown. Win two Senate seats to hand Republicans control of the chamber in 2025.
Those are the top priorities of Mitch McConnell during his final two months as GOP leader, when Congress returns next week from its summer recess.
The 82-year-old McConnell will guide his ...Read more
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Trump or Harris? For Putin, his preference isn't clear cut
Back in 2016, it was evident that Russian President Vladimir Putin was Team Trump. Top Kremlin officials cracked open champagne bottles in the early hours of Nov. 9 as the businessman-turned-politician emerged as the surprise victor in the U.S. election.
When it comes to determining where the Russian leader stands today, there is no easy answer...Read more
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Commentary: Trump goes full revisionist on the economy
Listening to former President Donald Trump speak to the Economic Club of New York, you could be forgiven for thinking that the economy has been such a disaster since he left office that the stock market is in a perpetual free fall. And yet, the benchmark S&P 500 Index is up 64% since the 2020 election through Wednesday, topping the 60% gain at ...Read more
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Expect Harris and Trump to lean on vibes over policies at debate
Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump will meet for the first time as they take the stage Tuesday for their only scheduled debate yet, a showdown their teams see as hinging on style rather than substance.
The Sept. 10 forum hosted by ABC News is expected to turn on perception and presentation rather than detailed discussions ...Read more
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Commentary: Will Trump ever be tried for Jan. 6? Here's the answer that emerged from the latest hearing
Much remained uncertain after Thursday’s hearing on how to proceed with the federal Jan. 6 case against Donald Trump following the Supreme Court’s immunity ruling. But one point seemed clear: It’s not going to trial anytime soon.
The parties and U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan agreed that, as the judge put it, “the issue of immunity ...Read more
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Justice Alito reports $900 concert tickets, no trips in latest filing
WASHINGTON — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito reported in a new financial disclosure that he took no trips in 2023 paid for by another person or organization, but revealed he failed to report a loan and did accept concert tickets from a German socialite.
The federal judiciary released Alito’s report on Friday after he requested an ...Read more
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Donald Trump renews crime, immigration complaints while in NC to accept FOP endorsement
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Former President Donald Trump focused on rising crime and unchecked illegal immigration while in Charlotte Friday to formally accept the endorsement of the Fraternal Order of Police.
The Republican presidential nominee, speaking at the Hilton Charlotte University Place hotel, accused Vice President Kamala Harris, the ...Read more
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Biden signs pro-labor order in Michigan, dares a successor to undo it
SCIO TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Democratic President Joe Biden signed a pro-labor executive order in Michigan Friday, flexing his administrative powers in a bid to promote unions and worker benefits, while daring a successor to repeal the policy.
The White House said the so-called "Good Jobs" order directs federal agencies to prioritize new labor ...Read more
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Biden signs pro-labor order in Michigan, dares a successor to undo it
SCIO TOWNSHIP, Michigan — Democratic President Joe Biden signed a pro-labor executive order in Michigan Friday, flexing his administrative powers in a bid to promote unions and worker benefits, while daring a successor to repeal the policy.
The White House said the so-called "Good Jobs" order directs federal agencies to prioritize new labor ...Read more
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Trump is back in a NYC courtroom to challenge finding that he sexually abused E. Jean Carroll
NEW YORK — Around an hour after former President Donald Trump appeared in a New York courtroom on Friday to challenge a civil jury’s findings that he sexually abused and defamed writer E. Jean Carroll, the GOP presidential nominee appeared to defame her once again.
In comments to reporters at a Trump Tower press conference at which he did ...Read more
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Harris, Trump in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin ahead of Tuesday's debate
PHILADELPHIA — Donald Trump has one rally scheduled, but it's otherwise shaping up to be a low-key weekend for the former president and Vice President Kamala Harris as the candidates prepare for Tuesday's debate at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia.
Second gentleman Doug Emhoff will campaign for Harris in Pennsylvania Saturday ...Read more
Analysis: Trump lambastes women accusers in leadup to Harris debate
Donald Trump on Friday left a Manhattan courtroom and aired a laundry list of grievances about a range of topics, including being found guilty of sexual assault and his presidential rival Vice President Kamala Harris just days before their high-stakes debate.
Remarkably, in the midst of a neck-and-neck presidential race, the Republican nominee ...Read more
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