Breaking with Republican orthodoxy, billionaire investor Wilbur Ross Ross said the Trump administration will work quickly to re-do the North American Free Trade Agreement. That’s the massive trade pact with Canada and Mexico that has boosted trade but still stings laid-off workers across the Midwest.
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Atlanta, other cities eye test tracks for self-driving cars
Self-driving vehicles could begin tooling down a bustling Atlanta street full of cars, buses, bicyclists and college students, as the city vies with other communities nationwide to test the emerging technology. Atlanta would become one of the largest urban areas for testing self-driving vehicles if plans come together for a demonstration as early as September.
Ap Fact Check: The audacity of hype
In the Washington week that wasn’t, President Donald Trump’s new administration whirred like a “fine-tuned machine,” piling on big-league accomplishments at a pace never before seen. Immigration agents newly empowered by Trump’s call to secure borders sent hordes of bad foreigners back home, validating a president who won the most lopsided Electoral College victory since Ronald Reagan.
Fake News vs Facts: Here’s how President Trump’s press conference claims measure up
President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017. The facts: By almost every economic measure, Barack Obama inherited a far worse situation when he became president in 2009 than he left for Mr Trump.
Ap Fact Check: Trump piles up the questionable assertions
President Donald Trump made a messy case that he “inherited a mess” from his predecessor. Economic stats and territorial losses of Islamic State insurgents don’t support his assertions about the problems handed to him on those fronts.
Trump: McConnell should nix filibuster if Democrats block Supreme Court nominee
Mitch McConnell Trump: McConnell should nix filibuster if Democrats block Supreme Court nominee Ryan tiptoes around deficit concerns for 2017 legislation The Hill’s 12:30 Report MORE to kill the filibuster for Supreme Court nominees if Democrats block his upcoming pick, who is expected to be announced next week. Trump told Fox News that he “would” back getting rid of the 60-vote threshold for high court nominees if he can’t win over the support of at least eight Democrats.
Billionaire heads toward confirmation as Commerce secretary
The Senate is set to vote on Ross’ nomination Monday evening. Ross easily cleared the Senate Commerce Committee and a procedural vote by the full Senate.