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The president has made heavy use of tariffs as a cudgel to both extract concessions from trading partners and limit the influx of foreign goods into the United States. But the tariffs rest on a controversial and little-used legal provision that gives the president broad authority to limit imports to protect the national security of the United States. Mr. Trump’s Friday proclamation said a Commerce Department investigation concluded that imports…

Missouri’s Republican-led House passed a bill banning abortions at eight weeks of pregnancy with an exception for medical emergencies but not for rape or incest. Republican Gov. Mike Parson is likely to sign the bill, following the governors of Alabama, Georgia and several other states who have also recently signed stringent abortion legislation. “Until the day that we no longer have abortions in this country, I will never waiver in…

Pennsylvania, Vermont and Wisconsin just set new lows for… Vermont’s 2.2%, Pennsylvania’s 3.8% and Wisconsin’s 2.8% set new lows for state unemployment rates, as indicated by records that go back to 1976. Jobsread more

Video William Barr on investigation into origins of Russia probe, conclusion Trump didn’t obstruct justice Attorney General William Barr sits down with Bill Hemmer to discuss the use of the anti-Trump Steele dossier by intel officials. Attorney General Bill Barr, in an exclusive interview with Fox News, revealed that the recently announced review of the origins of the Russia probe will focus in part on a controversial briefing that intelligence officials gave…

Abortion has been a unifying issue for Republicans in recent years, but now that the possibility exists of overturning Roe v. Wade, we’re starting to see fissures develop. As long as Roe v. Wade has been on safe ground, as has been the case since 1992, abortion could be a unifying issue on the Right. It was easy for most Republicans to simply talk about the importance of judges and…

President Donald Trump’s long-awaited plan to overhaul the immigration system proposes a merit-based system to admit more high-skilled, well-educated immigrants. | Mark Wilson/Getty Images White House By CAITLIN OPRYSKO 05/17/2019 07:55 AM EDT President Donald Trump predicted Friday there’s a “good chance” that congressional Democrats will decide to work with him to pass his recently unveiled immigration plan before next year’s election, despite every indication to the contrary. “Will the…

America’s push to upgrade airports gets traction with new New… When the New Orleans new terminal opens later this year, it will be the latest upgrade and expansion of a U.S. airport, a key part of America’s infrastructure sorely in need… Airlinesread more

President Trump said court-ordered FBI surveillance of his 2016 presidential campaign was treason and those connected to it should serve long prison sentences. “A really bad situation,” Trump tweeted Friday. “TREASON means long jail sentences, and this was TREASON!” My Campaign for President was conclusively spied on. Nothing like this has ever happened in American Politics. A really bad situation. TREASON means long jail sentences, and this was TREASON! —…

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) on Friday released a statement calling on Congress to pass a slate of legislation aimed at guaranteeing abortion and other reproductive rights around the country, even if Roe v. Wade falls. The statement, posted on Medium, comes as a wave of strict anti-abortion laws are sweeping the country. On Wednesday, Gov. Kay Ivey of Alabama signed into law a bill banning nearly all abortions in the…

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Still, other women said they were alarmed by the limits emerging from the Legislature and the governor’s office, which opponents have vowed to challenge in court. “It’s insulting as an educated woman — in consultation with my highly educated doctor — that I can’t come to a decision that’s best for me and for my health,” said Erin Arnold, who lives in Birmingham and teaches biology. “A woman should have…

Carol D. Leonnig Rosalind S. Helderman May 16 at 10:07 PM A federal judge on Thursday ordered that prosecutors make public a transcript of a phone call that former national security adviser Michael Flynn tried hard to hide with a lie: his conversation with a Russian ambassador in late 2016. U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan in Washington ordered the government also to provide a public transcript of a November…

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An F-16 crashed at March Reserve Air Force Base on Thursday afternoon, hitting a warehouse located right by the runway. Maj. Perry Covington, a public affairs officer, said the building was on fire. The pilot ejected and was OK, Covington said. KABC An F-16 fighter jet crashed into a building near the runway at March Reserve Air Force Base, May 16, 2019. No other injuries were reported. 🚨Plane crash🚨 into…

A pregnant woman who had gone to a Chicago home in response to a Facebook offer of free baby clothes was strangled and her baby cut from her womb, police and family members said. The newborn was in grave condition and not expected to survive.  Three people were charged in the death of Marlen Ochoa-Uriostegui, 19, on Thursday. Police said Clarisa Figueroa, 46, and her daughter Desiree Figueroa, 24, were…

President Trump speaks to service members of the U.S. Coast Guard during an invitation to play golf at Trump International Golf Course in West Palm Beach, Fla. The Trump resort at Mar-a-Lago brought in nearly $23 million last year. Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images President Trump speaks to service members of the U.S. Coast Guard during an invitation to play golf at Trump International Golf…

There’s no reason for anyone to get excited about the White House’s “new” immigration proposal. If he treats it anything like he treated the nearly identical bill introduced two years ago by Sens. David Perdue, R-Ga., and Tom Cotton, R-Ark., President Trump will forget about it 10 days after it’s introduced. White House officials have been dripping out details on the plan for two weeks, and so far it’s set…

The president’s professed hopes for a dialogue with Iran seem unlikely to produce a breakthrough any time soon. In Tokyo, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif of Iran said there was “no possibility” of discussions with the administration to ease the tensions, Agence France-Presse reported. “The escalation by the United States is unacceptable,” Mr. Zarif told reporters, according to AFP. Mr. Pompeo has outlined 12 steps that Iran must take to…

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President Donald Trump issued an executive order on Wednesday barring US companies from using information and communication technology made or controlled by firms that pose a national security risk, and declaring a national emergency on the matter. While the order didn’t mention any countries or companies in particular, it’s clearly aimed at China. More specifically, many are arguing, it’s aimed at Huawei, the Chinese telecoms and smartphone manufacturing giant. The…