Trump to Aggressively Push 'Hire American,' 'Buy American' Directive
President Donald Trump is expected to aggressively push his "Hire American" and "Buy American" directives Tuesday, The Wall Street Journal reported. Trump will sign an executive order in Wisconsin directing federal agencies to probe government procurement practices and re-examine the way foreign workers enter the U.S., so they do not undercut "American labor at less cost," a senior administration official told the ... Read More
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US Supreme Court Won't Allow Arkansas Execution
The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected Arkansas' request to lift a stay that would have allowed the state to conduct its first execution in nearly a dozen years. Justices turned down Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge's request to vacate a stay for Don Davis, who was set to die Monday night by lethal injection. It's the second time in seven years that Davis has come within hours of execution before courts intervened. ... Read More
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Trump: NKorea 'Outplayed' Obama, Clinton
North Korea "outplayed" both Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama over the years, President Donald Trump said in an interview airing Tuesday, but he refused to "telegraph" his own plans for dealing with President Kim Jong Un's aggression, simply saying "we will find out" what will happen if he attempts to launch another missile test. "I don't want to telegraph what I'm doing or thinking; I'm not like other administrations where they say we are going to do this in four weeks," the president told ...Read More
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Dave Brat: Freedom Caucus Has Been ‘yes, yes, yes’ on Health Care Proposals
Rep. Dave Brat on Tuesday said it’s incorrect to blame conservative House members for Republicans’ failure to pass health care legislation last month, saying in a radio interview they got to “yes” on several different provisions. “We’ve been to a ‘yes’ on several alternatives,” Mr. Brat, Virginia Republican, said on “The John Fredericks Show.” Mr. Brat, a member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, said members got to a “yes” on several proposals offered by President Trump on regulations. ... Read More
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Rising Tensions on Korean Peninsula Put Region at Risk
When Secretary of Defense James Mattis and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson traveled to Asia earlier this year, the principle objective was to reassure allies that the Trump administration would maintain the U.S. commitment to defend them. Vice President Mike Pence will now reaffirm that message during his own trip, which comes amid increased fears of an imminent preemptive ... Read More
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