Friday, April 6, 2018

Friday's Headlines: Trump seeks tariffs on an additional $100 billion of Chinese goods in escalation of trade confrontation

 
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Trump seeks tariffs on an additional $100 billion of Chinese goods in escalation of trade confrontation
President Trump said he was acting in response to China's announcement of plans to introduce import taxes on $50 billion worth of U.S. goods. China responded by saying it would observe what the United States does next, and "follow suit and fight at any cost" if America disregards the opposition of the international community.
Pruitt fights for his job amid a barrage of new ethics issues
President Trump, while resisting calls from many top aides to oust the Environmental Protection Agency chief, has complained privately about him for days, White House advisers said.
 
Why Trump went after Bezos: Two billionaires across a cultural divide
President Trump's recent tweets attacking Amazon.com and its founder highlighted a fracture in American society that is as much philosophical as it is economic. It also stems from Trump's rivalry with those who surpass him on lists of the world's wealthiest men, aides and allies say.
 
In Eastern Europe, the E.U. faces a rebellion more threatening than Brexit
The triumph of liberal democracy is being attacked from within by E.U. members that openly deride the bloc's values, principles and rules, while wayward leaders, such as Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary, threaten to pull their countries closer to the edge of autocracy.
 
'Whose city is it?': San Francisco's mayoral race has echoes of its demographic changes
Any of the leading candidates would be a "first" — the first African American woman, the first Asian American woman or the first openly gay man to serve as mayor. And San Francisco's shifting dynamics around race, ethnicity and sexuality may decide which of them goes on to lead a relatively small city with national influence.
 
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Disgraced former South Korean president gets 24 years in prison on corruption charges
Park Geun-hye, who maintains her innocence after being impeached last year, was found guilty of charges including bribery, coercion and abuse of power. The prison term is tantamount to a life sentence for the 66-year-old.
 
 
Trump says he didn't know his attorney paid $130,000 to porn star Stormy Daniels
The president also said he didn't know where his personal attorney, Michael Cohen, got the money for the payment to Daniels, who says she was paid to keep quiet about her affair with Trump.
 
For Trump and his generals, 'victory' has different meanings
President Trump believes wars should be waged and won with overwhelming firepower, but American generals have found their own lessons from years of combat — a difference in opinion causing tension between the military and the commander in chief.
 
Mexico's president delivers public rebuke of Trump over border threats
The national address was remarkable because President Enrique Peña Nieto has endured, with diplomatic courtesy and sometimes stony silence, about two years of insults and threats from President Trump.
 
Death toll in Gaza protests climbs to 22 as both sides brace for more clashes
Health officials in Gaza prepared for more casualties as protesters gathered along an Israeli border fence for demonstrations dubbed the "Friday of Tires."
 
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In 1968, cities were burning after MLK's death. Could James Brown keep Boston from erupting, too?
Brown's band feared for his safety. But Boston officials begged him to take the stage.
 
Kevin Williamson loses Atlantic job after controversy over abortion rhetoric
The conservative writer, who called for women who get abortions to be hanged, is the latest columnist fired after a social-media outrage.
 
     
 
 
 
 

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