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People walk past an electronic board showing Japan’s Nikkei average outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, October 15, 2018. REUTERS/Toru Hanai August 26, 2019 By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian shares sank on Monday as the latest salvos in the Sino-U.S. trade war shook confidence in the world economy and sent investors steaming to the safe harbor of sovereign bonds and gold, while slugging emerging market currencies. But…

President Trump has reportedly suggested to advisers that the United States should fend off hurricanes with nuclear bombs. According to a report Sunday evening in Axios, Mr. Trump suggested dropping atomic bombs into the eyes of hurricanes to disrupt the storm systems while they’re in the middle of the ocean. “I got it. I got it. Why don’t we nuke them?” the web-based news organization quotes Mr. Trump as saying,…

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CLOSE French President Emmanuel Macron and President Donald Trump attend a working session on “International Economy and Trade, and International Security Agenda” on the second day of the annual G7 summit in Biarritz, France. (Photo: ANDREW HARNIK, AFP/Getty Images) Behind-the-scenes drama at G7 summit as Trump claims all is well Fears of a global recession and other troubling issues awaited President Donald Trump and fellow leaders of the world’s most industrialized economies…

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CLOSE French President Emmanuel Macron and President Donald Trump attend a working session on “International Economy and Trade, and International Security Agenda” on the second day of the annual G7 summit in Biarritz, France. (Photo: ANDREW HARNIK, AFP/Getty Images) Behind-the-scenes drama at G7 summit as Trump claims all is well Fears of a global recession and other troubling issues awaited President Donald Trump and fellow leaders of the world’s most industrialized economies…

CLOSE French President Emmanuel Macron and President Donald Trump attend a working session on “International Economy and Trade, and International Security Agenda” on the second day of the annual G7 summit in Biarritz, France. (Photo: ANDREW HARNIK, AFP/Getty Images) Behind-the-scenes drama at G7 summit as Trump claims all is well Fears of a global recession and other troubling issues awaited President Donald Trump and fellow leaders of the world’s most industrialized economies…

WASHINGTON, Aug 25 (Reuters) – Joe Walsh, a conservative former U.S. congressman turned talk show host, on Sunday became the second Republican to challenge President Donald Trump for the party’s 2020 White House nomination. Walsh criticized Trump, who has strong support among Republicans, as a bully who is unfit for office as he announced his long-shot bid. “I’m running because he’s unfit,” Walsh, 57, told ABC’s “This Week” program. “Somebody…

Bernie Sanders’ 2020 trajectory doesn’t make much sense. That is, it doesn’t make sense to those people who still believe they know “how things work” in American politics — the people who haven’t absorbed the central lesson of the last three or four years, which is that nobody knows how anything works. According to the “I’ve got this figured out” crowd, Sanders was a semi-irrelevant figure in the 2020 race….

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Video Sanders slams McConnell’s ‘cowardice’ on gun issues at Louisville rally Democratic presidential candidate also slams Senate Majority leader’s ‘wealthy’ donors. Bernie Sanders renewed his attacks on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell at a fiery rally in the top Republican’s home state of Kentucky on Sunday afternoon, demanding that McConnell stop his “cowardice” and “have the guts” to immediately take up legislation aimed at reducing gun violence, strengthening election security and raising the federal minimum…

CLOSE President Donald Trump doubles down on his criticism of Rep. Elijah Cummings and the Baltimore community he serves. USA TODAY On Sunday, former Illinois Rep. Joe Walsh addressed his role in stirring racist rhetoric in politics in the past while announcing his intentions of challenging President Donald Trump in the Republican primary. Walsh apologized for his past comments during an appearance on ABC’s “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” in which he said he…

U.S. stock futures fell on Sunday night following the latest escalation in the U.S.-China trade war by President Donald Trump. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures traded 224 points lower, indicating a drop of 169.90 points at Monday’s open, as of 8:39 p.m. ET Sunday. S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures also pointed to opening declines for both indexes. Trump tweeted Friday after the market close that the U.S. will raise…

French President Emmanuel Macron (left) and President Trump participate in a G-7 working session. Trump is in Biarritz, France, for the G-7 summit of the world’s biggest economic powers. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption toggle caption Andrew Harnik/AP French President Emmanuel Macron (left) and President Trump participate in a G-7 working session. Trump is in Biarritz, France, for the G-7 summit of the world’s biggest economic powers. Andrew Harnik/AP President Trump…

Video Bill Weld issues primary challenge to President Trump 2020 Republican presidential hopeful Bill Weld says he is not ‘in love’ with the job being done in Washington. Former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld – a longshot primary challenger against President Trump for the Republican nomination – said Sunday that he is “thrilled” that other Republicans are joining the primary race. Weld’s comments came shortly after former Rep. Joe Walsh of Illinois…