5 things to watch as Trump heads to NATO summit

President Trump will arrive in Brussels on Tuesday night with an eye toward pushing allied members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to boost their defense budgets. Despite Trump’s push, the heads-of-state confab risks being overshadowed by growing tensions between the U.S. … Read More

Trade rocks already unstable U.S.-China relations

FILE – In this Nov. 9, 2017, file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping shakes hands during a news conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Trump’s trade battle with China will exacerbate … Read More

Tariffs on Chinese goods now in effect

When the clock stuck midnight, U.S. tariffs on $34 billion in Chinese imports took effect. Beijing vowed to respond immediately in kind, the two biggest economies are on a collision course for a full-blown trade war. China’s customs authority, said … Read More

US Army quietly discharging immigrant recruits

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SAN ANTONIO — Some immigrant U.S. Army reservists and recruits who enlisted in the military with a promised path to citizenship are being abruptly discharged, the Associated Press has learned. The AP was unable to quantify how many men and … Read More

Are the US and North Korea on the brink of another nuclear showdown?

Are the United States and North Korea headed for the ultimate of summer blockbusters: another nuclear showdown? At least for the moment, all sign point to a solid yes. And the American people need to take notice. Lost in the … Read More

Five dead in shooting at Capital Gazette in Annapolis, Maryland

CNN)Five people were killed Thursday and two were injured in a “targeted attack” on the Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland, authorities said. A gunman opened fire through the glass door of the newsroom, Phil Davis, a Capital Gazettepolice reporter, tweeted … Read More

Supreme Court vacancy: Culture wars just beginning

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Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., joined at right by Ilyse Hogue, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., speaks as he and activists demonstrate at the Supreme Court as President Donald Trump prepares to choose a replacement for … Read More

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