Trump and Putin set for first meeting on G20 sidelines

US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are set to meet in person for the first time today in what promises to be the most highly anticipated meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit. On the eve of the summit 76 police officers were hurt in clashes with protesters , with mass rallies again expected to take place today.

Trump’s Cuba policy has created doubt about an important front…

The rollback of relations with Cuba announced by President Donald Trump earlier this month has left many facets of the renewed relationship in doubt. Though the goal was to "chill" trips to the island by Americans , some features of the Obama-led thaw - like the ability to visit or send money to the island as well as many commercial deals - remain in place.

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Democrats to 'crank up the outrage' over Senate Republican health care bill over July 4 break Democrats have big plans for their July 4 break: Highlighting who could lose health care under the bill. Check out this story on scsun-news.com: https://usat.ly/2tZojlP A new USA TODAY/Suffolk University poll shows low support among Americans for the GOP healthcare bill.

JaxPort board votes full steam ahead on starting $484 million dredging project

Alfredo Gonzalez, Visit Florida's vice president of global meetings and trade, has turned in his resignation and will depart the agency on July 8. Gonzalez's departure leaves a hole in Visit Florida's campaign to market the state's tourism industry in lucrative markets such as the United Kingdom, Germany and the Middle East. He followed International Marketing Program Director Shari Bailey, who resigned on Saturday.

Rep. Tim Ryan: ‘Toxic’ Dems Have No Clear Economic Message

The Democratic Party does not have a clear economic message, and while social issues are important, it's the economy that will tie the party together nationally, Rep. Tim Ryan said Thursday. "When I was growing up, and you'd ask my grandfather, my grandmother, you know, why are we Democrats, and it was the Democrats are for working-class people," the Ohio Democrat told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" program .

Senators Press Trump Officials for Details on Russia’s Hacks

Senators on the Intelligence Committee pressed administration officials Wednesday to disclose more about the extent of Russian hacking attempts during last year's election after the government disclosed that 21 states had been targeted. Senator Mark Warner of Virginia, the committee's top Democrat, unsuccessfully pressed government officials to disclose which states were the victims.

Andres Oppenheimer: Trump’s policy changes will give new ammunition to Cuba’s dictatorship

P resident Trump is right in that the Obama administration's opening to Cuba failed to produce any human rights or democratic changes on the island, but I'm afraid that Trump's announcement that he will partially reverse existing policies will backfire. Trump's partial reversal of Obama's opening to Cuba, which he announced with great fanfare in Miami on Friday, includes prohibiting U.S. companies from doing business with companies affiliated with the Cuban military and partial restrictions on U.S. tourism to the island.

Trump curtails historic opening with Cuba

In a speech in Miami, during which he greeted Cuban dissidents and denounced the Cuban regime, Trump said Cuban rulers were profiting from better relations with Washington but that ordinary Cuban citizens continued to be repressed. "The previous administration's easing of restrictions on travel and trade does not help the Cuban people, they only enrich the Cuban regime," he said.

In Miami, Trump toughens Obama Cuba policy a like I promiseda

On Friday, President Trump loved them back, enacting a tougher policy toward Cuba as he basked in celebratory cheers that recalled his campaign rallies. Casting it as a "great day" for the people of the communist island of Cuba, Trump powered into Miami and announced a sweeping change in diplomatic relations intended to rebuke his predecessor's executive changes and spur commerce and personal freedoms.

Trump rolls back Obama admina s Cuba policy: a Will not be silent in the face of communist oppressiona

President Trump announced a dramatic reversal Friday of the Obama administration's Cuba policy, restoring restrictions on U.S. travel to the island and new prohibitions on financial transactions that benefit the communist regime's military. "We will not be silent in the face of communist oppression any longer," Mr. Trump said in Miami.

Trump’s Cuban Policy Reversal

President Trump will announce Friday a drastic change in the U.S.-Cuba relationship, swapping a policy of cultural exchange to bring about democratic ideals for something closer to the embargo-style policies from past decades. White House officials said Trump plans to cut off income to the Castro regime, with the hopes of bringing about free elections, by once again limiting tourism and trade to the island.

Sessions to face questions on Russia, Comey

Attorney General Jeff Sessions testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee Tuesday, fiercely maintaining he did nothing wrong in meeting twice with the Russian ambassador to the US during President Trump's 2016 campaign and also infuriating Democrats by refusing to detail any conversations he has had with the president. Defiantly adding this: "I recused myself from any investigation into the campaigns for president, but I did not recuse myself from defending my honor against scurrilous and false accusations".

Trump to unveil new Cuba path

Cuba's best friends in the U.S. used to be a smattering of Washington policy wonks and leftists who sent donated school buses and computers to the communist-led island. Five months into the Trump administration, Cuba has a new set of American defenders: a coalition of high-tech firms, farming interests, travel companies and young Cuban-Americans thrown into action by the looming announcement of a new Cuba policy.