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As the trade deficit widens, Mr. Trump’s focus on it has resulted in a particular irony: By his own metric, the president is failing to right America’s global trading relationships. Yet many of the president’s critics don’t blame him for this, saying some fluctuations in the trade deficit are largely beyond his control. Several global economic factors explain the widening of the global trade deficit last year. China’s slowdown has…

Anne Gearan Robert Costa March 6 at 9:02 AM Secretary of State Mike Pompeo grew testy in a recent newspaper interview when asked to explain why President Trump would take North Korean leader Kim Jong Un “at his word” about the death of a U.S. college student taken prisoner in North Korea. National security adviser John Bolton, making the rounds of Sunday talk shows, flatly refused to offer his personal…

The United States faces a major humanitarian crisis with its southwestern border at a security “breaking point” as tens of thousands of mostly Central Americans increasingly try to enter the country. More than 76,000 migrants crossed the border without authorisation last month, nearly double the number from the same period in 2018, officials said. The figures suggest harsher regulations and detention policies implemented by the American government –…

Michael Cohen, former attorney and fixer for President Trump, testifies before the House oversight committee on Capitol Hill Feb. 27, 2019, in Washington, D.C. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Michael Cohen, former attorney and fixer for President Trump, testifies before the House oversight committee on Capitol Hill Feb. 27, 2019, in Washington, D.C. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Michael Cohen is scheduled to return to Capitol Hill…

Michael Cohen, former attorney and fixer for President Trump, testifies before the House oversight committee on Capitol Hill Feb. 27, 2019, in Washington, D.C. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Michael Cohen, former attorney and fixer for President Trump, testifies before the House oversight committee on Capitol Hill Feb. 27, 2019, in Washington, D.C. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Michael Cohen is scheduled to return to Capitol Hill…

Michael Cohen, former attorney and fixer for President Trump, testifies before the House oversight committee on Capitol Hill Feb. 27, 2019, in Washington, D.C. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Michael Cohen, former attorney and fixer for President Trump, testifies before the House oversight committee on Capitol Hill Feb. 27, 2019, in Washington, D.C. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Michael Cohen is scheduled to return to Capitol Hill…

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Hillary Clinton on Tuesday was quick to fire back after President Trump mocked her for not running in 2020. The exchange started with a tweet by Trump: “‘(Crooked) Hillary Clinton confirms she will not run in 2020, rules out a third bid for White House.’ Aw-shucks, does that mean I won’t get to run against her again? She will be sorely missed!” Minutes later, Clinton posted a “Mean Girls” meme on Twitter. The New York Daily News notes her tweet included a GIF…

California has an assisted-suicide law. It was in effect when Stephon Clark went running into his grandmother’s backyard nearly a year ago, pursued by two Sacramento police officers who shot and killed him there. But the state’s End of Life Option Act didn’t apply to Clark. Sacramento district attorney Anne Marie Schubert, who announced Sunday that she wouldn’t charge his killers with a crime, knew that Clark wasn’t terminally ill….

Border cops encountered more than 76,000 people they say tried to illegally cross from Mexico into the U.S. in February, making it the highest level of illegal immigration the U.S. has seen in one month since 2007. The number shot up from 58,000 who were arrested and turned away at ports in January. The monthly rate has slowly crept up from 17,000 during President Trump’s third month in office in…

CLOSE President Donald Trump Tuesday denounced a Democratic sweeping new probe of his presidency as “the witch hunt continues.” (March 5) AP NEW YORK – A state regulator has subpoenaed an insurance provider for The Trump Organization, opening a new front in the widening investigations focused on President Donald Trump, his business, family, and White House administration. Aon, a London-headquartered financial services company that is one of the world’s largest insurance brokerages, said it…

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CLOSE President Donald Trump Tuesday denounced a Democratic sweeping new probe of his presidency as “the witch hunt continues.” (March 5) AP NEW YORK – A state regulator has subpoenaed an insurance provider for The Trump Organization, opening a new front in the widening investigations focused on President Donald Trump, his business, family, and White House administration. Aon, a London-headquartered financial services company that is one of the world’s largest insurance brokerages, said it…

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CLOSE President Donald Trump Tuesday denounced a Democratic sweeping new probe of his presidency as “the witch hunt continues.” (March 5) AP NEW YORK – A state regulator has subpoenaed an insurance provider for The Trump Organization, opening a new front in the widening investigations focused on President Donald Trump, his business, family, and White House administration. Aon, a London-headquartered financial services company that is one of the world’s largest insurance brokerages, said it…

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Zero tolerance didn’t work In the spring of 2018, the Trump administration tried to discourage parents from traveling with a child by prosecuting everyone who crossed the border illegally, even those who were traveling with children — a policy known as zero tolerance. This resulted in children being removed from their parents and placed in shelters across the country. The policy drew widespread condemnation, prompting the president to halt the…

President Donald Trump pressured his then-chief of staff John Kelly and White House counsel Don McGahn to grant his daughter and senior adviser Ivanka Trump a security clearance against their recommendations, three people familiar with the matter told CNN. #CNN #News

Michael Cohen came prepared to play the part the far-left needed him to play, and his hearing before the House Oversight and Reform Committee quickly devolved into a professional wrestling atmosphere. As soon as Cohen stepped into the ring, tempers flared, and accusations regarding the private affairs of then-private citizen Donald Trump flew. As with professional wrestling, everyone knows the outcome is predetermined, but tunes in for the body slams…

SMITHS STATION, Ala. — As the sirens sounded Sunday afternoon, alerting residents just before deadly tornadoes cut through eastern Alabama, Terryn Smith, 12, and Hannah Mounce, 13, immediately sprung to action. “When the sirens went off, that’s when we took cover,” Terryn told NBC News. The girls hid with Terryn’s mother and a friend in a Lee County home, huddled with pillows and blankets on the floor of the kitchen,…