Secret Israeli Document Raises Doubt on Trump-Kim Summit
A classified document written and distributed by the Israeli Foreign Ministry raises skepticism about the summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, according to news reports Thursday. "Regardless of the smiles in the summit, many in Japan, South Korea, and the U.S. Congress doubt that North Korea is sincere in its intentions," Axios said in quoting the document. "Our assessment is that regardless of President Trump's statements about quick changes that are expected in North Korean policy, the road to real and substantive change, if it ever happens, will be long and slow." Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised ... Read More
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Trump to Slap Tariffs on Nearly $50 Billion in Chinese Goods
President Trump is ready to slap tariffs on nearly $50 billion in Chinese goods, according to reports, reigniting fears of a trade war between the world’s two largest economies. The president is due to announce the tariffs after the original batch — on about 1,300 Chinese products — was put on hold for trade talks. He trimmed the list to 800 product categories, Reuters news agency reported, citing industry sources familiar with the list. Some reports set the price tag of the tariffs at between $35 billion and $40 billion. But that amount is still significant and all but guaranteed to provoke a response form Beijing, which has ... Read More
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Trump's Forecast of 4 Percent Growth Close to Coming True
The U.S. economy is growing at a 4.8 percent annualized rate in the second quarter, the Atlanta Federal Reserve’s GDPNow forecast model showed on Thursday, following data that showed domestic retail sales grew at its strongest pace in six months in May. The latest estimate on gross domestic product growth was faster than the 4.6 percent pace estimated on June 8, the Atlanta Fed said. The next GDPNow update is Tuesday, June 19. The Atlanta Fed's action came just hours after the government announced that U.S. retail sales increased more than expected in May as consumers bought motor vehicles and a range of other goods even as they ... Read More
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Comey 'Insubordinate,' FBI Wracked by Leaks in 2016 Campaign Investigation
Fired FBI Director James B. Comey was “insubordinate” and a top agent’s political bias might have skewed the bureau’s focus on candidate Donald Trump instead of Hillary Clinton in the waning days of the 2016 presidential race, the Justice Department’s inspector general said in a report that cast shame on the storied bureau. The agent, Deputy Assistant Director Peter Strzok, was caught in a text message telling paramour Lisa Page, then an FBI lawyer, that they would prevent Mr. Trump from winning the White House, according to the report by Inspector General Michael Horowitz. Ms. Page asked Mr. Strzok for reassurance that ... Read More
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Family separations cause a rift between GOP leaders, WH
WASHINGTON (AP) - Congressional Republicans have distanced themselves from the Trump administration's policy of separating children from their parents at the southern border even as the White House cited the Bible in defending its "zero tolerance" approach to illegal border crossings. White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said “it is very biblical to enforce the law.” Attorney General Jeff Sessions had earlier cited the Bible in his defense of the border policy that has resulted in hundreds of children being separated from their parents. The comments came as House Speaker Paul Ryan and other Republicans said they were not comfortable with family separations, which spiked dramatically after the ... Read More
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