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Missouri’s Last Abortion Provider Wins Reprieve, As Judge Rules Against State – NPR

Friday, May 31, 2019

Abortion-rights supporters take part in a protest in St. Louis. The Planned Parenthood clinic in the area will stay open while its legal fight with the state continues. Jeff Roberson/AP hide caption toggle caption Jeff Roberson/AP Abortion-rights supporters take part in a protest in St. Louis. The Planned Parenthood clinic in the area will stay open while its legal fight with the state continues. Jeff Roberson/AP A Missouri judge has…

Trump announces escalating tariffs against Mexico, starting at 5 percent, until illegal immigrants ‘STOP’ – Fox News

Friday, May 31, 2019

Video Trump says US will impose tariffs on Mexican goods President Trump imposes tariffs on goods coming from Mexico in response to growing number of illegal immigrants. President Trump on Thursday abruptly announced a new 5 percent tariff on Mexico beginning in early June, saying the levy will “gradually increase” until the ongoing illegal immigration surge at the southern border is “remedied” and illegal migrants “STOP.” “On June 10th, the United…

Nadler: ‘There certainly is’ justification for impeaching Trump – POLITICO

Friday, May 31, 2019

Eleven of the 24 Democrats on Jerry Nadler’s House Judiciary Committee have demanded Democrats begin proceedings to remove the president, with the number rising sharply in recent weeks. | Spencer Platt/Getty Images congress By KYLE CHENEY and ANDREW DESIDERIO 05/31/2019 12:52 PM EDT House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler said on Friday that there “certainly is” justification for launching impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump, but cautioned that the public…

Transcript of John Dowd’s voicemail to Michael Flynn lawyer released – Washington Examiner

Friday, May 31, 2019

The transcript of a voicemail recording President Trump’s legal representation left for retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn’s lawyer on Nov. 22, 2017, was released on Friday. It shows former Trump lawyer John Dowd asking for a “heads up” if Flynn knew information that “implicates” Trump after Flynn dropped from a joint defense agreement with the president and began cooperating with special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the…

Trump announces escalating tariffs against Mexico, starting at 5 percent, until illegal immigrants ‘STOP’ – Fox News

Friday, May 31, 2019

Video Trump says US will impose tariffs on Mexican goods President Trump imposes tariffs on goods coming from Mexico in response to growing number of illegal immigrants. President Trump on Thursday abruptly announced a new 5 percent tariff on Mexico beginning in early June, saying the levy will “gradually increase” until the ongoing illegal immigration surge at the southern border is “remedied” and illegal migrants “STOP.” “On June 10th, the United…

Missouri’s Last Abortion Provider Wins Reprieve, As Judge Rules Against State – NPR

Friday, May 31, 2019

Abortion-rights supporters take part in a protest in St. Louis. The Planned Parenthood clinic in the area will stay open while its legal fight with the state continues. Jeff Roberson/AP hide caption toggle caption Jeff Roberson/AP Abortion-rights supporters take part in a protest in St. Louis. The Planned Parenthood clinic in the area will stay open while its legal fight with the state continues. Jeff Roberson/AP A Missouri judge has…

Nadler: ‘There certainly is’ justification for impeaching Trump – POLITICO

Friday, May 31, 2019

Eleven of the 24 Democrats on Jerry Nadler’s House Judiciary Committee have demanded Democrats begin proceedings to remove the president, with the number rising sharply in recent weeks. | Spencer Platt/Getty Images congress By KYLE CHENEY and ANDREW DESIDERIO 05/31/2019 12:52 PM EDT House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler said on Friday that there “certainly is” justification for launching impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump, but cautioned that the public…

Transcript of John Dowd’s voicemail to Michael Flynn lawyer released – Washington Examiner

Friday, May 31, 2019

The transcript of a voicemail recording President Trump’s legal representation left for retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn’s lawyer on Nov. 22, 2017, was released on Friday. It shows former Trump lawyer John Dowd asking for a “heads up” if Flynn knew information that “implicates” Trump after Flynn dropped from a joint defense agreement with the president and began cooperating with special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the…

Fox News stands by Laura Ingraham after she defends white supremacist, other extremists on her prime time show – CNN

Friday, May 31, 2019

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Trump threatens tariffs on Mexico over immigration: Live updates – CNN

Friday, May 31, 2019

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders dismissed any legal concerns with the President’s tariffs announcement. Asked if there are concerns the action will get tied up in court, Sanders said: For context: IEEPA is the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, which authorizes the President to regulate commerce after declaring a national emergency. She continued, “This is a measured response to the authority that he has, there’s case law that supports…

Kim Jong Un executes staff from failed Hanoi summit as US spies – Washington Examiner

Friday, May 31, 2019

North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un has been purging the officials that took part in the Hanoi summit in January. The summit abruptly finished early with no agreement between North Korea and the United States. Blaming the officials for the failed summit, North Korea executed Kim Hyok Chol, the special envoy to the United States, and foreign ministry officials who carried out the working-level negotiations for the meeting in February,…

As Missouri’s Last Abortion Provider Nears Closing, Neighboring Clinics Prepare – NPR

Friday, May 31, 2019

Abortion rights supporters take part in a protest Thursday in St. Louis. A state license that allows a Planned Parenthood health center in Missouri to perform abortions could soon expire. Jeff Roberson/AP hide caption toggle caption Jeff Roberson/AP Abortion rights supporters take part in a protest Thursday in St. Louis. A state license that allows a Planned Parenthood health center in Missouri to perform abortions could soon expire. Jeff Roberson/AP…

Trump makes ‘important points’ about how China must change, billionaire money manager says – CNBC

Friday, May 31, 2019

The economic relationship between the United States and China needs to change, Tony Ressler, a billionaire veteran of Wall Street, said Friday. “The Trump administration is making some very important points about how we do business with China,” said Ressler, co-founder of private equity giants Apollo Global Management and Ares Management. President Donald Trump, through tough talk and tariffs, has been trying to get China to stop what the White…

China Steps Up Trade War and Plans Blacklist of U.S. Firms – The New York Times

Friday, May 31, 2019

Shortly afterward, some American technology companies, including Google, said they would stop supplying Huawei. The American government has since granted Huawei a 90-day waiver, giving Chinese and American officials time to hammer out an agreement. The Trump Administration also is said to be considering putting Hikvision, a Chinese video surveillance company, on the list. If Friday’s move is calculated to be a tit-for-tat strike back at American technology companies, Beijing…

Where Trump’s ’emergency power’ on tariffs comes from – CNN

Friday, May 31, 2019

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Where Trump’s ’emergency power’ on tariffs comes from – CNN

Friday, May 31, 2019

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Where Trump’s ’emergency power’ on tariffs comes from – CNN

Friday, May 31, 2019

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North Korea executes nuclear envoy to U.S. after failed Trump summit: report – USA TODAY

Friday, May 31, 2019

CLOSE President Donald Trump says he’s not happy about North Korea’s recent military tests. This comes at the same time says the U.S. sent an aircraft carrier group to the Persian Gulf because the Iranians “were threatening.” (May 9) AP, AP North Korea executed its special nuclear envoy to the United States as part of a purge of senior officials over the failed summit between leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump,…

The Latest: Murky waters impair recovery of boat in Hungary – Fox News

Friday, May 31, 2019

Kang Kyung-wha, center, foreign minister of South Korea, together with her Hungarian counterpart, Peter Szijjarto, right, visits the bank of the Danube River close to Margit Bridge where a sightseeing boat capsized in Budapest, Hungary, Friday, May 31, 2019. Hungarian police have detained the captain of a cruise ship that collided with the sightseeing boat packed with South Korean tourists, causing it to sink quickly in the river in Budapest,…

Democrats look at packing the Supreme Court to pack the vote – CNN

Friday, May 31, 2019

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