China Trade War Kicks off: GOP Base Backs Trump's Get-Tough Tariffs
The U.S.-China trade war is set to dramatically escalate Friday as threatened higher tariffs go into effect, and President Trump is going into battle with virtually no support from the Republican Party establishment. But that doesn’t mean Mr. Trump is fighting alone. The president’s get-tough stance on China is bolstered by an electoral base that for years has been moving away from the GOP’s long-held free trade orthodoxy, according to conservative and business leaders who themselves oppose protectionist tariffs in trade disputes. “We’ve recognized a lot of our own base — Republican primary voters, conservatives — they are not as favorable toward free trade anymore,” said ... Read More
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Black Leaders Express 'Profound Indignation' over Dem Leaders' Failure to 'Protect' Maxine Waters
Dozens of self-identified "black women leaders and allies" wrote a letter this week excoriating top Democrats Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer for failing to "protect" embattled Rep. Maxine Waters. The letter's signatories, including former Democratic National Committee Chairperson Donna Brazile, the Rev. Al Sharpton and former USDA official Shirley Sherrod, called Waters "Auntie Maxine" and said she is "owed an apology." Waters, D-Calif., has not backed down from her comments calling for people to confront members of the Trump administration at department stores and any other places where they're seen in public. President Trump responded by calling Waters "crazy" and ... Read More
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US Adds 213,000 Jobs as Unemployment Hits 4 Percent, Wages Rise
U.S. job growth increased more than expected in June as manufacturers stepped up hiring, but steady wage gains pointed to moderate inflation pressures that should keep the Federal Reserve on a path of gradual interest rate increases. Nonfarm payrolls rose by 213,000 jobs last month, the Labor Department said on Friday. Data for April and May was revised to show 37,000 more jobs created than previously reported. The economy needs to create roughly 120,000 jobs per month to keep up with growth in the working-age population. The unemployment rate rose to 4.0 percent from an 18-year low of 3.8 percent in June as more people entered ... Read More
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Collins Won't Back Nominee With 'Hostility Toward Roe v. Wade'
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, told MSNBC on Wednesday
she would not vote for a Supreme Court nominee who "demonstrates hostility toward Roe v. Wade and doesn't consider it to be settled law." "There could be a person who is very strongly for Roe v. Wade but lacks the qualification, the experience, the integrity, has ethical issues in the background, the FBI report turned up some troubling issues," Collins added. "I'm not going to vote for that person just because they're for Roe v. Wade." Collins, along with Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, will be swing votes in a narrowly divided Senate on whether to confirm ... Read More |
US Army Quietly Discharging Immigrant Recruits
Some immigrant U.S. Army reservists and recruits who enlisted in the military with a promised path to citizenship are being abruptly discharged, the Associated Press has learned. The AP was unable to quantify how many men and women who enlisted through the special recruitment program have been booted from the Army, but immigration attorneys say they know of more than 40 who have been discharged or whose status has become questionable, jeopardizing their futures. "It was my dream to serve in the military," said reservist Lucas Calixto, a Brazilian immigrant who ... Read More
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