Friday's Headlines: China fires back as U.S. launches trade war, vows to defend its ‘core interests’
Trump's trade war has started. Who's been helped and who's been hurt?; Trump's business keeps profiting from Chinese ties; Retired Thai navy SEAL dies while working to rescue...
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China's Ministry of Commerce condemned the U.S. decision to levy tariffs on $34 billion worth of Chinese goods, asserting that the United States had "violated the WTO rules and launched the largest trade war in economic history to date."
By Danielle Paquette and Emily Rauhala • Read more »
So far this year, President Trump has imposed tariffs on washing machines, solar panels, steel and aluminum. Additional tariffs against China start this week, and U.S. officials have urged patience as the trade war escalates. But what are the impacts of the tariffs already in effect?
By Brittany Renee Mayes, Ted Mellnik, Kate Rabinowitz and Shelly Tan • Read more »
Three months before he began his run for president — with China a target of his campaign — Donald Trump's company proposed partnering with a subsidiary of a state-owned entity.
By Jonathan O'Connell and David A. Fahrenthold • Read more »
The fatality raises fears that a rescue mission could be fraught and even deadly for the boys, who have been trapped for nearly two weeks, but one Thai official said the effort would continue.
Scott Pruitt has faced sharp inquiries for his travel expenses and pay raises for two close aides despite White House disapproval. In a tweet, President Trump praised Pruitt for having "done an outstanding job."
President Trump sought to ignore the mounting problems surrounding Scott Pruitt as EPA administrator, officials said. But the political burden was too much in the end.
President Trump's deliberations over a Supreme Court nominee now center on federal judges Brett M. Kavanaugh, Raymond Kethledge and Amy Coney Barrett, according to White House officials and Trump advisers.
Barrett's philosophy on precedent — along with her religious views and earlier writings — are being scoured for clues to how she might regard the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling that legalized most abortions.
The CEO helped make Tesla one of America's most valuable automakers. But his intense "nano-manager" leadership style has sometimes led the company into chaos.
Democrats and Kremlin watchers question why the senators spent the Fourth of July in a country that interfered in the U.S. presidential election and continues to deny it.
President Trump again derided the potential 2020 contender for her claims of Native American ancestry and told the crowd that he would toss her a DNA kit, "but we have to do it gently because we're in the #MeToo generation, so we have to be very gentle."
Shoko Asahara was the leader of the Aum Supreme Truth cult that released nerve gas on the Tokyo subway. Thirteen people were killed and 6,000 others were poisoned.
For Josh Pritchett, the class meant a journey into his past, a chance to reflect on redemption and the opportunity to form bonds beyond the written words.
His school in Rochester, N.Y., decided — under circumstances that it yet has to explain — that he could not deliver his address, and the June 22 graduation came and went without its valedictorian's remarks.
The South American nation is the size of Missouri with not quite the population of Connecticut — and it has collected by far the most international soccer trophies per capita in the world.
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