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Iran, spurned by U.S., angrily watches as Trump prepares to talk to North Korea
For Iran, the so-called "Axis of Evil" has boiled down to a party of one, as U.S. President Donald Trump prepares for direct talks with North Korea. With former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein overthrown and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un now preparing for a planned summit in Singapore with Trump, Iran remains the last renegade among former President George W. Bush's grouping of nations opposed to the U.S. For those in Tehran, whether hard-liners, reformists or people simply trying to get by in Iran's worsening economy, it's head-spinning, especially after seeing Trump pull America out of the nuclear deal with world powers.
U.S.-Canada Trade Feud Escalates After Fraught G-7 Summit
Top trade adviser says 'there's a special place in hell for any foreign leader that engages in bad-faith diplomacy' with President Trump U.S. administration officials escalated President Donald Trump's criticisms of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the global trading system on Sunday, heightening tensions with major allies as Washington enters an important stretch of negotiations on several fronts, from China to the North American Free Trade Agreement.
The Art of the Foreign-Policy Deal: An Insider’s Guide to Trump’s Tactics
Donald Trump is scheduled to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un Tuesday in Singapore after a year of turbulent foreign-policy maneuvers built on the U.S. president's willingness to take outsize risks. He has riled European leaders by quitting the international nuclear deal with Iran , is threatening tariffs and other punitive trade measures against allies and is contemplating a summit with a perennial U.S. adversary, Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The Latest: Official NKorean media tell nation summit is on
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un meets with Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at the Istana or presidential palace on Sunday, June 10, 2018, in Singapore. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un looks towards Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong during their bilateral meeting at the Istana or presidential palace on Sunday, June 10, 2018, in Singapore.
US blames Canada for G7 fiasco, says Trudeau ‘stabbed us in the back’
The US blamed Canada on Sunday for the disastrous ending to the G7 summit, saying Prime Minister Justin Trudeau "stabbed us in the back," while American allies held Washington responsible. Just minutes after a joint G7 communique was published Saturday in summit host city Quebec, President Donald Trump launched a Twitter broadside, taking exception to comments made by Trudeau at a news conference and saying he had instructed US representatives not to endorse the joint communique.
‘Ocean’s 8’ opens with franchise-best $41.5M to top weekend
This image released by Warner Bros. shows, from foreground left, Sandra Bullock Sarah Paulson, Rihanna, Cate Blanchett and Awkwafina in a scene from "Ocean's 8." This image released by Warner Bros.
EDITORIAL: Here’s what you need to know to vote
If you're new to South Carolina, or if you're a first-time voter, one of the most important things to know is that the state has open primaries. EDITORIAL: Primary day is almost here - Here's what you need to know to vote If you're new to South Carolina, or if you're a first-time voter, one of the most important things to know is that the state has open primaries.
Kellyanne Conway and Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the women who speak for…
For Kellyanne Conway, the political bungee jump of a lifetime started almost two years ago - first as a top official for Candidate Trump, then as counselor to President Trump. She's an insider's insider on Team Trump, lasting longer than many of the president's top advisers.
a Oceana s 8a opens with franchise-best $41.5M to top weekend
"Ocean's 8," the female-fronted overhaul of the starry heist franchise, opened with an estimated $41.5 million at the box office, taking the weekend's top spot from the fast-falling "Solo: A Star Wars Story." At a lower price point and in less fanboy-guarded franchise, "Ocean's 8" - despite ho-hum reviews - found nothing like the stormy reception than the female-led "Ghostbusters" reboot did on the same weekend two years ago.
The progressive blue wave is crashing and burning in 2018
The June 5 primaries underscored just how disastrous an impact the far-left progressive faction of the Democratic Party could have in undermining its chances of taking back control of the House in November. Take what happened in California, the state with arguably the greatest implications for the Democratic Party's prospects this fall.
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I like live theater and see a lot of it though because I do not live in NYC and do not have infinite money and time I do not usually see the productions that Mr. Tony sees. But I have actually seen many of these this year! Farinelli and the King.
Bob Barr: “Pardon me Rudy” – More Disney flick than legal theory
With the Trump administration, it often is difficult to determine whether a bizarre public statement is a clever smokescreen, or if the proponent actually believes what he or she is saying.
Officials blast Trump policy after visiting detained immigrants
A group of lawmakers and public officials in Washington state denounced the Trump administration Saturday for its policy of separating immigrant families at the southwestern border, accusing the administration of causing undue trauma to children and parents who might be legally seeking asylum in the United States. Although Seattle is some 1,500 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border, the debate over family separations hit closer to home for the Evergreen State after dozens of immigrants were transferred last week to the Federal Detention Center in SeaTac, just south of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
Why cable news networks could use a reality check
You have to steel yourself to listen to television news and cable talk shows about politics. The idea of just checking in to see if America has started a trade war with its allies or just testing whether there are developments that will shape your day is gone.
It’s Not Just Apple, Factories Making Amazon Products In China…
A factory in China that makes Amazon products violates several labor laws and has employees working under poor conditions, according to an investigative report published Sunday by a watchdog group. Factory workers assigned with manufacturing products like Amazon's Kindle e-readers and Echo speakers are relatively exposed to danger and work inordinate amount of time with low pay, New York-based China Labor Watch revealed in a 97-page report.
Jogger dismantles Lake Merritt homeless man’s encampment, throws …
Navarro: 'Special place in hell' for Trudeau - White House trade adviser Peter Navarro lit into Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Sunday, saying there's a "special place in hell" for a world leader who double crosses President Donald Trump.
In Targeting Reporter, Justice Dept. Backs Trump’s Anti-Press Rhetoric
Inside a wood-and-leather conference room at the Department of Justice in Washington, a group of veteran journalists gathered last Wednesday to hear the deputy attorney general, Rod Rosenstein, review the government's policies on obtaining information from reporters. The guidelines created under President Barack Obama, Mr. Rosenstein said, remained in effect: barring certain circumstances, like an imminent threat to national security, reporters would be told in advance of any attempt to obtain their records.
Trump ally differs with him on inviting Russia back to G-8, says would be ‘a mistake’
A leading Republican senator and ally of President Donald Trump disagrees with the president's suggestion that the Group of Seven economic powers should allow Russia to rejoin the alliance. Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina told ABC News Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos on "This Week" Sunday, 'It would be a mistake to try to get [Putin] back into the G-8."
When Hitler met Hoover: 9 instances of dictators scoring…
President Donald Trump's slapdash, on-again-off-again summit with Kim Jong Un in Singapore on Tuesday will hand the North Korean dictator a diplomatic coup that his father and grandfather never achieved. In North Korea's 70-year history, none of the ruling Kims have met with a sitting American president.