China Confident It Can Clinch US Trade Deal
China expressed confidence on Wednesday that it can reach a trade deal with the United States, despite fresh warnings from President Donald Trump that he would revert to more tariffs if the two sides cannot resolve their differences. The remarks by the Chinese Commerce Ministry follow a period of relative quiet from Beijing after Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping reached a temporary truce in their trade war at a meeting over dinner in Argentina on Saturday. In a brief statement on its website, the ministry said China would try to work quickly to implement ... Read More
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Graham: 'Smoking saw' Ties Saudi Crown Prince to Khashoggi Killing
Senators emerged from a closed-door briefing with the CIA director Tuesday to say there’s no doubt Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was deeply involved in the killing of journalist Kamal Khashoggi — but still not clear on what steps Congress can take to punish him. “We know he ordered it. We know he monitored it,” said Sen. Bob Corker, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, after hearing from CIA chief Gina Haspel. He said if the case were submitted to a jury trial, “he would be convicted in 30 minutes.” Sen. Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Republican, called the evidence they heard overwhelming and ... Read More
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Longest-serving Congressman Wants to 'Abolish the Senate'
Former Democratic Rep. John Dingell, the country’s longest-serving congressman, called Tuesday for the abolishment of the Electoral College and the Senate, arguing against the “disproportionate influence of small states” that paralyzes the lawmaking and electoral processes. Mr. Dingell, who represented Michigan for more than 59 years from 1955 to 2015, wrote an op-ed for The Atlantic offering a series of suggestions that he said would restore the public’s trust in the federal government. He called for an end to “minority rule” in Congress, saying it’s “antiquated” and “downright dangerous” that all states get two senators regardless of population. “California has almost 40 million people, while the 20 smallest states have ... Read More
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Mueller Recommends No Prison for Flynn, Citing Cooperation
President Donald Trump's former national security adviser provided so much information to the special counsel's Russia investigation that prosecutors say he shouldn't do any prison time, according to a court filing Tuesday that describes Michael Flynn's cooperation as "substantial." The filing by special counsel Robert Mueller provides the first details of Flynn's assistance in the Russia investigation, including that he participated in 19 interviews with prosecutors. It was filed two weeks ahead of Flynn's sentencing and just over a year after he pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about conversations with the Russian ambassador on Trump's behalf. Though prosecutors withheld ... Read More
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Court Rules for Life in Next Battle of Abortion Wars
The Colorado Supreme Court, in a state where a Democrat wrote the first state law liberalizing abortion six years before Roe v. Wade, has sided with life in a case concerning embryos. The embryos were created in a lab through in-vitro fertilization but never implanted. They hold the potential to be a unique human being but often are considered as no more than property. In this case, they were “marital property” that complicated a divorce case. According to the Thomas More Society, which filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the case, the ruling from the state’s high court “sends the case ... Read More
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