WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is painting a false picture of a U.S. economy unaffected by his trade war with China and other countries. He describes a blue-sky world in which rapidly escalating tariffs have no impact on American consumers even as a raft of businesses and economists say otherwise, chastising those...
AP FACT CHECK: Trump's Illusory Claims of Gains From Tariffs
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is painting a false picture of a U.S. economy unaffected by his trade war with China and other countries. He describes a blue-sky world in which rapidly escalating tariffs have no impact on American consumers even as a raft of businesses and economists say otherwise, chastising those...
AP FACT CHECK: Trump's Illusory Claims of Gains From Tariffs
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is painting a false picture of a U.S. economy unaffected by his trade war with China and other countries. He describes a blue-sky world in which rapidly escalating tariffs have no impact on American consumers even as a raft of businesses and economists say otherwise, chastising those...
World War II Veteran, 95, Dies During Honor Flight Trip
SAN DIEGO — A 95-year-old former soldier died last weekend aboard a chartered Honor Flight carrying World War II veterans home to San Diego after an all-expenses-paid weekend trip to Washington, D.C. Frank Manchel collapsed about an hour before the American Airlines jet was due to land Sunday, The San...
Democrats Using Veterans Bill to Try to Block Border Wall
WASHINGTON — Democrats controlling the House are trying to use a popular veterans measure to block President Donald Trump from transferring $3.6 billion from military base construction to build his long-sought wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. Tuesday's move faces certain opposition from Trump and a potential veto threat. Lawmakers often...
AP Fact Check: Trump Misleads on Health Care, Russia Probe
WASHINGTON — Rallying in Michigan, President Donald Trump bragged about a surging auto industry that isn't surging, a Republican rescue for health care that has yet to take shape, a "total" exoneration in the Russia investigation that was not offered. And Trump, as he routinely does, took credit for a...
AP Fact Check: Trump Pins Woes in Russia Probe on McCain
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's slam on Sen. John McCain flips reality on its head when it comes to who gave veterans the option to see a private doctor at public expense. He also pins some of his woes in the Russia investigation on a distorted account of the late senator's actions...
Kaiser Permanente Accelerates Efforts to End Fresno Homelessness
Kaiser Permanente says it will provide $3 million over three years to an initiative that will use real-time data to help 15 communities nationwide — including the Fresno-Madera area — better understand the dynamics of local homelessness. The nonprofit health-care giant is partnering with New York-based Community Solutions on the Built...
My Band of Brothers Died in Vietnam. Only They Didn't Know It.
"The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war, no matter how justified, shall be directly proportional to how they perceive the Veterans of earlier wars were treated and appreciated by their nation." — George Washington Diabetes, Hodgkin’s disease, chronic B-cell leukemias, ischemic heart disease, chloracne,...
Arlington Wreath Photo Started It. Now Local Heroes Honored, Too.
More than 4,000 military veterans are buried in Clovis cemeteries. And, a local nonprofit ensures their sacrifice isn't forgotten. "Our mission is to remember, honor, and teach. That's remember the fallen, honor those who served or are currently serving and their families, and teach our children the value of freedom,"...