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Video President Trump crosses border into North Korea by invitation of Kim Jong Un Gordon Chang breaks down the significance of South Korean President Moon Jae-in and President Trump walking the DMZ together. He also weighs in on Trump’s historic visit to North Korea. In Washington, D.C.-area Asia circles last week, the rumor mill was buzzing with the news of a possible media event at the Demilitarized Zone that separates…

Indelible in the hippocampus is the anger. The rage. The red faced, snarling incomprehension from Brett, who spent decades preparing for his ascension, only to have it threatened by some woman he claims not to remember assaulting. Brett was careful. Brett came from the right family. Took the right jobs. Made all the right friends. And wrote all the right opinions. When excessive partisanship was a liability for men seeking…

Video Justice with Judge Jeanine – Saturday, June 29 On today’s episode of Justice with Judge Jeanine, Judge Jeanine and her guests talk about President Trump in South Korea after the G20 Summit. They also discuss him inviting Kim Jong Un to meet at the DMZ and he restarts trade talks with China. She also does a one on one with Eric Trump. After days of speculation — and optimistic…

BEIJING/OSAKA (Reuters) – China and the United States will face a long road before they can reach a deal to end their bitter trade war, with more fights ahead likely, Chinese state media said after the two countries’ presidents held ice-breaking talks in Japan. The world’s two largest economies are in the midst of a bitter trade war, which has seen them level increasingly severe tariffs on each other’s imports….

Mr. Garre said the two newest justices are a study in contrasts. “Both have shown themselves to be confident and happy to go their own ways, even when it means joining the more liberal justices,” he said. “But Justice Gorsuch is more frequently on the right end of the court, and Justice Kavanaugh, so far at least, has gravitated more toward the center.” Even before the stormy end of the…

A formal complaint has been filed against Oregon Republican state Sen. Brian Boquist, who drew criticism for threatening state police amid a GOP walkout over climate legislation, the chairman of the state’s conduct committee said Saturday. Sen. Floyd Prozanski, who chairs the Senate Special Committee on Conduct, told Oregon Public Broadcasting that the complaint will receive a hearing in early July. He declined to elaborate on the substance of the…

A popular website dedicated to 2020 presidential candidate Joe Biden was apparently created by a Republican operative to mock the former vice president. At first glance, JoeBiden.info looks like a pro-Biden site, and even sells T-shirts with his face on them. But on closer inspection, the posts on the site make fun of the Democrat with gifs that show him touching women, and criticism of his political record, including his…

Colby Itkowitz June 29 at 6:58 PM Sen. Kamala Harris, one of only two black candidates in a field of two dozen, had a history-making moment on the debate stage Thursday night when she challenged former vice president Joe Biden over racial issues. But as the accolades for her strong debate performance poured in, so did the racist attacks on social media, where some accused the California Democrat of not…

What is Foxconn, and the latest with its Wisconsin factory Foxconn, the world’s largest contract manufacturer of electronics and the biggest assembler of Apple products, is building a massive factory in rural Wisconsin. CNBC got a… Technologyread more

Video Speaker Nancy Pelosi forced to accept Senate border bill package House Democrats vote to approve the Senate version of a humanitarian aid bill for migrants along the southern border; chief congressional correspondent Mike Emanuel reports from Capitol Hill. The musical stylings of Weird Al Yankovic rarely offer clarity about the state of legislation in Congress. But Weird Al’s 1984 hit “Eat it” (a parody on Michael Jackson’s “Beat It”)…

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Republican legislators returned Saturday to the Oregon Senate after a nine-day walkout protest against a sweeping climate bill.  Nine of the Senate’s 12 Republicans returned Saturday after Democrats did not have the 16 votes necessary to pass the statewide carbon cap, according to The Associated Press. After the return, senators voted 17-10 to return the proposal to committee, effectively killing it for the legislative session, according to the AP.  Democrats hold 18 seats…

President Donald Trump tentatively de-escalated the ongoing trade war with China on Saturday when he announced he will cancel a planned 25 percent tariff on $300 billion worth of Chinese goods. “We’re holding on tariffs, and they’re going to buy farm product,” Trump told reporters at the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan, where he met with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Neither Trump nor Xi offered details on which farm products…

OSAKA, Japan — President Donald Trump made an extraordinary public offer Saturday to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, inviting him to shake hands “and say hello” in the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea. Trump issued the invitation to the North Korean leader on Twitter as he started his final day in Japan before flying to Seoul, where Trump planned to meet with the South Korean president….

Video Speaker Nancy Pelosi forced to accept Senate border bill package House Democrats vote to approve the Senate version of a humanitarian aid bill for migrants along the southern border; chief congressional correspondent Mike Emanuel reports from Capitol Hill. The musical stylings of Weird Al Yankovic rarely offer clarity about the state of legislation in Congress. But Weird Al’s 1984 hit “Eat it” (a parody on Michael Jackson’s “Beat It”)…

President Donald Trump pushed back against former President Jimmy Carter’s claim that the Trump presidency was illegitimate because of Russian election interference, calling it a typical Democrat talking point. Trump was responding to remarks made Friday by Carter, in which the former president said there was “no doubt” that Russia had interfered with the 2016 presidential election, in which Trump lost the popular vote to Hillary Clinton but won a…

Trump defends remark to Putin, says meddling came up again ‘after that’ Trump says he is ‘extremely angry’ about Khashoggi murder, but defends MBS relationship Analysis: Trump may meet Kim at the DMZ, but what’s the point other than a photo op? Trump says trade talks ‘back on track’ after meeting China’s Xi Putin declares “the end of liberalism”

Osaka, Japan — President Trump and China’s Xi Jinping agreed to restart trade talks on Saturday, averting an escalation feared by financial markets, businesses and farmers. “We’re going to work with China where we left off,” he said.  Mr. Trump said existing U.S. tariffs would remain in place against Chinese imports while negotiations continue, but additional tariffs he’s threatened to slap on other Chinese goods will not go forward for…

OSAKA, Japan — President Donald Trump made an extraordinary public offer Saturday to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, inviting him to shake hands “and say hello” in the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea. Trump issued the invitation to the North Korean leader on Twitter as he started his final day in Japan before flying to Seoul, where Trump planned to meet with the South Korean president….

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