What are sanctions and how do they affect a country’s economy? More importantly, do sanctions work? I ask these questions because U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has vowed on behalf of President Donald Trump to use the "strongest sanctions in history" to force Iran back to the table and negotiate...
12 Russians Indicted For Hacking Democrats in 2016 Election
WASHINGTON — Twelve Russian intelligence officers were indicted on charges they hacked into Democratic email accounts during the 2016 U.S. presidential election and released stolen information in the months before Americans headed to the polls, the Justice Department said Friday. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein also said that Russian intelligence...
Trump Is In Full Retreat After Bombshell Brit Interview
ELLESBOROUGH, England — In a fresh bout of diplomatic whiplash, President Donald Trump denied Friday he had criticized Prime Minister Theresa May and declared the U.S.-U.K. relationship "the highest level of special" — not long after lobbing thunderous broadsides against her. Trump's pomp-filled visit to the United Kingdom has been...
What Did Trump Dish Up in Britain? A Fresh Plate of Chaos.
BLENHEIM PALACE, England — President Donald Trump left behind a contentious NATO gathering in Brussels and moved on to Britain, where a pomp-filled welcome ceremony Thursday was soon overshadowed by an interview in which Trump blasted Prime Minister Theresa May, blamed London's mayor for terror attacks against the city and...
What's Powering Trump's Desire To Befriend Russia?
Many people have speculated about why President Donald Trump appears eager to develop a close relationship with Vladimir Putin's Russia. Adam Entous, a Washington, D.C. based reporter for The New Yorker, has done deep reporting that provides new fodder for why Trump is attempting to reverse decades of U.S. foreign policy...
Drill, Baby, Drill: U.S. Could Become World's Top Oil Producer
The U.S. is on pace to leapfrog both Saudi Arabia and Russia and reclaim the title of the world's biggest oil producer for the first time since the 1970s. The latest forecast from the U.S. Energy Information Administration predicts that U.S. output will grow next year to 11.8 million barrels...
China Vows Retaliation For $200 Billion US Tariff Threat
BEIJING — China's government vowed Wednesday to take "firm and forceful measures" as the U.S. threatened to expand tariffs to thousands of Chinese imports like fish sticks, apples and French doors, the latest salvo in an escalating trade dispute that threatens to chill global economic growth. China gave no details,...
Kavanaugh's Views of Presidential Power Drawing Questions
WASHINGTON — Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's past writings that a president should not be distracted by lawsuits and investigations could become a flashpoint in what's already shaping up to be a contentious confirmation battle. With special counsel Robert Mueller investigating whether President Donald Trump obstructed justice, questions about whether...
Stormy Daniels' Striptease Act Bookends Trump's Court Reveal
WASHINGTON — As President Donald Trump exercised his power by nominating Brett Kavanaugh Monday night at the White House, adult film star Stormy Daniels exercised hers about a mile away, wearing nothing but black heels. "She is the one person who could take down Donald Trump," said Diana Lautenberger, 34,...
Dems Vow To Fight Trump Supreme Court Nominee Kavanaugh
President Donald Trump has nominated influential conservative Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court as he seeks to shift the nation's highest court further to the right. Trump chose the 53-year-old federal appellate judge for the seat opened up by the retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy. Kavanaugh would be less...