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U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Friday he was considering the possibility of the first talks in years between the defense chiefs of the United States and Russia, a possibility first reported by Reuters on July 17. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis testifies before the Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee hearing on funding for the Department of Defense, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., May 9, 2018. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas The last time a U.S. defense secretary even spoke telephonically with a Russian defense minister was in 2015, as relations between Moscow and Washington soured.
Elizabeth "Betsy" Southerland resigned from the Environmental Protection Agency, saying that "the administration is seriously weakening EPA's mission." On his last day as an EPA employee, Mike Cox sent a tough letter to then-Administrator Scott Pruitt about administration policies.
Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri says Russian hackers tried unsuccessfully to infiltrate her Senate computer network, raising questions about the extent to which Russia will try to interfere in the 2018 elections. McCaskill, who is up for re-election this year, confirmed the attempted hack after The Daily Beast website reported that Russia's GRU intelligence agency tried to break into the senator's computers in August 2017.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan plan to announce a proposed court agreement Friday afternoon that would govern reforms in the troubled Chicago Police Department . A news conference is scheduled for 2 p.m., and city officials are holding briefings for attorneys and other stakeholders beforehand, sources said.
And speaking of number crunching: Here's a searchable map with a by-precinct look at the 2016 presidential election. It reveals, unsurprisingly, islands of blue, generally in cities, amid the sea of rural red.
Farmers don't seem to be brimming with relief over the Trump administration's plan to offset the impact of trade tensions with a $12 billion, stopgap trade package nor the European Union's apparent vow to begin snapping up more U.S. soybeans. It all comes down to market share and the fact that for commodity producers, it can be very hard to recover once lost.
Lutheran Social Services said they were expecting reunited families separated at the border when apprehended entering ... The Trump administration says more than 1,800 children have been reunited with their families by the Thursday deadline, but hundreds remain apart, signaling a potentially long wait for anguished families. The Trump administration says more than 1,800 children have been reunited with their families by the Thursday deadline, but hundreds remain apart, signaling a potentially long wait for anguished families.
The Commerce Department released its initial estimate of second-quarter economic growth on Friday, providing the latest snapshot of the American economy. a- United States gross domestic product rose at an annual rate of 4.1 percent in the second quarter, up from 2.2 percent in the first three months of the year.
The mudslinging began early in the campaign and continued until a final announcement was made. Both candidates tried almost everything to gain the opportunity to face off with Democrat Stacey Abrams in November to replace outgoing governor Nathan Deal.
Adem Demaci, a human rights defend... . FILE - In this file photo taken on April 22, 2018, Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Moscow, Russia.
FILE- In this Wednesday, July 18, 2018 file photo, motorbike taxis ride past a giant billboard of Malian Incumbent President, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita that reads "Together moving towards Progress" in Bamako Mali. Mali's voters... .
Strategists, pointing to recent polls, say voters are increasingly frustrated with Trump's handling of Putin, particularly at last week's Helsinki summit, as well as Russian meddling in the 2016 election. "This is a huge issue," said Celinda Lake, a Democratic pollster.
Trump seemed to de-escalate from the growing threat of an all-out trade war with Europe when he spoke Wednesday alongside European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker in the White House Rose Garden. The president's improvisational style makes it next to impossible to guess where he goes next - something that could be a problem for everyone from American workers to foreign investors.
The Moscow lawyer said to have promised Donald Trump's presidential campaign dirt on his Democratic opponent worked more closely with senior Russian government officials than she previously let on, according to documents reviewed by The Associated Press. Scores of emails, transcripts and legal documents paint a portrait of Natalia Veselnitskaya as a well-connected attorney who served as a ghostwriter for top Russian government lawyers and received assistance from senior Interior Ministry personnel in a case involving a key client.
The study, backed by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy , was approved over objections from two Republicans and the Democratic state comptroller, Kevin Lembo. Several gubernatorial candidates have vowed to quash the study, which won't be conducted until after Malloy's successor takes office.
"American firms cheering for protectionism in the form of tariffs on their foreign competitors should be careful what they wish for. As they say, 'What goes around comes around.'
Launched from the USS John Paul Jones, a Standard Missile-6 demonstrated its ability to intercept ballistic missiles in their final seconds of flight during live fire tests July 28-Aug. 1, 2015. President Trump's dream of a "Space Force" to protect American satellites either had a setback or made "significant progress" this week, depending on your perspective.
The Moscow lawyer said to have promised Donald Trump's presidential campaign dirt on his Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton worked more closely with senior Russian government officials than she previously admitted to, documents have revealed. Scores of emails, transcripts and legal documents reviewed by the Associated Press paint a portrait of Natalia Veselnitskaya as a well-connected lawyer who served as a ghostwriter for top Russian government lawyers and received assistance from senior interior ministry personnel in a case involving a key client.
"Make America Great Again!" will, given the astonishing victory it produced for Donald Trump, be recorded among the most successful slogans in political history. Yet it raises a question: How did America first become the world's greatest economic power? In 1998, in "The Great Betrayal: How American Sovereignty and Social Justice Are Being Sacrificed to the Gods of the Global Economy," this writer sought to explain.