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President Trump had been vocally considering shutting down the southern border until he scaled back slightly on Thursday, giving Mexico one year to decide whether or not they’ll comply with his demands. His White House team probably talked him back from the ledge, since it seems he’s the only one in his own administration willing to take such a drastic step. Indeed, senior staffers and Department of Homeland Security officials…

“Teams are working tirelessly, advancing and testing the software, conducting non-advocate reviews and engaging regulators and customers worldwide as we proceed to final certification,” Mr. Muilenburg said. “We’re also finalizing new pilot training courses and supplementary educational material for our global Max customers.” Boeing is now under pressure from some airlines to compensate them for the cost of the grounded jets. Norwegian Air’s chief executive said previously that he expected…

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“There’s no inflation,” Trump said. “I would say in terms of quantitative tightening, it should actually now be quantitative easing. … You would see a rocket ship.” | Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images Economy By VICTORIA GUIDA 04/05/2019 11:32 AM EDT President Donald Trump on Friday called on the Federal Reserve to take drastic action to support the U.S. economy, about an hour after new data showed strong jobs numbers and healthy…

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“Morning Joe” co-host Mika Brzezinski criticized President Trump on Friday for a viral video the billionaire made mocking Joe Biden’s penchants for hugging — hinting ominously of an inappropriate moment Trump had on set. “Talk about somebody with boundary issues,” Brzezinski said. “Kind of makes me want to share the story about Trump’s unbelievably inappropriate hug in our studio.” Brzezinski’s co-host (and husband) Joe Scarborough seemed less keen on sharing,…

On Friday morning, President Trump took to his favorite soapbox, Twitter, and announced his latest plans for the southern border. In a series of tweets that started off with praise for Mexico’s cooperation with the U.S. to apprehend illegal immigrants, the president’s line swerved toward the absurd as he threatened new tariffs on cars, closing the border, and ended with a call for economic penalties for drugs smuggled across the…

According to the criminal complaint filed in the Southern District of Ohio, Rini only admitted that he was not Pitzen after FBI agents confronted him with the results of a DNA test. Soon after being taken into custody by Kentucky police, Rini complained of stomach pain and was taken to the emergency room at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, FBI Task Force Officer Mary Braun wrote in the complaint. While in the…

DUBAI — Saudi Arabia has arrested eight people, including two dual U.S.-Saudi citizens, in an apparent crackdown on supporters of women activists whose trial has drawn Western condemnation, an associate and a rights group said on Friday. The 11 women on trial had campaigned for the right to drive and an end to the kingdom’s male guardianship system. Their case has intensified criticism of Riyadh’s rights record, already in the…

President Trump listens as Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, who oversees the census, speaks at the White House. Ross approved including on the 2020 census the question, “Is this person a citizen of the United States?” Mark Wilson/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Mark Wilson/Getty Images President Trump listens as Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, who oversees the census, speaks at the White House. Ross approved including on the 2020 census the…

Video Obama Border Patrol chief: Trump is right to pressure Mexico to stop flood of illegal immigrants The Border Patrol chief under President Obama told “Outnumbered Overtime” on Thursday that illegal immigrants are coming to the U.S. for economic equality and family reunification, not asylum. “The reason why they’re coming is for economic equality, family reunification and because of our broken system,”  Mark Morgan told host Melissa Francis. “They know that they…

The man who surfaced in Kentucky claiming to be Timmothy Pitzen, a boy who went missing at the age of 6 in 2011, is instead a 23-year-old Ohio man with a criminal record — and he may now face more charges. Brian Michael Rini told investigators in Kentucky on Wednesday that he was Pitzen and had run across an Ohio bridge after escaping two kidnappers. But DNA tests indicated that…

Through DNA testing, the FBI have determined the teen found in Kentucky is not Timmothy Pitzen. USA TODAY

<!– –> × SEARCH QUOTES Europe Politics A flurry of Brexit activity early Friday morning saw both the EU and the U.K. move to lengthen the current timetable for negotiations, reducing the prospect of Britain exiting the bloc without a deal. First, European Council President Donald Tusk proposed allowing the U.K. a 12-month “flexible” extension to leave the European Union, an EU source told CNBC. Tusk’s proposal, first reported by…

Linda Ramirez stands in front of her house in Aurora, Ill., Thursday, April 4, 2019, where she is waiting to learn if a 14-year-old who told police he is Timmothy Pitzen and had escaped kidnappers in the Cincinnati area is really him. Authorities conducted DNA testing to try to determine Thursday whether a teenager found wandering the streets of a Kentucky town is who he claims to be — an…

Video Former first lady Barbara Bush gets candid in the final months before her death President Trump said he understands why former first lady Barbara Bush, who died last April, leveled harsh criticism of him in a newly published biography after he openly mocked her sons during his 2016 presidential campaign. “I have heard that she was nasty to me, but she should be. Look what I did to her sons,”…

Joe Biden has responded to President Donald Trump’s posting of a parody video on Biden’s apology to the growing number of women who have complained about the former VP touching them without consent. President Trump earlier today tweeted out the widely circulated parody, which mocked the former vice president’s Wednesday apology for the incidents, which have threatened to derail any bid for the presidency Biden is rumored to be contemplating….

William Barr was invited to meet justice department officials last summer, on the same day he submitted an “unsolicited” memo that heavily criticized special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into obstruction of justice by Donald Trump. Barr, who was a private attorney at the time, met the officials for lunch three weeks later and was then nominated to serve as Trump’s attorney general about six months later. The revelation about the…

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