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Anadolu Agency | Getty Images A MiG-31K fighter jets with Kinzhal hypersonic missiles fly over Moscow’s Red Square during the Victory Day military. WASHINGTON — Nearly 20 Russian missiles that the U.S. is currently unable to defend against were recently moved to a military testing site, signaling another milestone for …
Read More »Trump wants China to raise its offer to buy US goods to strike a trade deal, sources say
U.S. officials seeking a China trade deal are focused on long-term changes to that nation’s economy. But President Donald Trump is set on reducing the trade deficit, and is pushing his negotiators to get China to agree to purchase more goods, according to two people briefed on discussions. China has …
Read More »EU leaders to decide whether to give UK more time for Brexit
Ahead of her visit to Brussels, May made a speech on Wednesday in which she blamed British lawmakers for frustrating the Brexit process. Addressing the British public she said she recognized weariness with ongoing Brexit uncertainty and infighting and added, “I am on your side.” Opposition Labour party leader Jeremy …
Read More »Pentagon to probe if Patrick Shanahan used his office to help Boeing
Mike Kane | Bloomberg | Getty Images Crewman tow in a Boeing Co. Max 737 jet after landing at King County International Airport in Seattle, Washington, U.S., on Friday, Jan. 29, 2016. Boeing Co.’s newest 737 jetliner gunned its engines and headed into rain-streaked skies Friday, with profit and pride …
Read More »Trump comments on Federal Reserve interest rate decision
Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Jerome Powell, chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, speaks during a news conference following a Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, March 20, 2019. Trump has publicly pushed the central bank to hold steady on rates, even …
Read More »Here’s ‘the biggest problem with capitalism’
Callaghan O’Hare | Bloomberg | Getty Images Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, and 2020 presidential candidate, pauses during the South By Southwest (SXSW) conference in Austin, Texas, U.S., on Saturday, March 9, 2019. Presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg is one of the latest Democratic candidates to eschew socialism, …
Read More »Biden privately tells supporters he’s planning 2020 run: WSJ
NurPhoto | NurPhoto | Getty Images Joe Biden delivers the keynote speech at the First State Democratic Dinner at the Rollins Center in Dover, DE on March 16, 2019. The former U.S. Vice President refrained from announcing his candidacy, even-though early polls conducted in March indicate former Vice President Biden …
Read More »Brazil an ‘ideal launch location’ for US rockets
Red Huber | Orlando Sentinel | TNS | Getty Images The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket blasts off on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2016, carrying the OSIRIS-Rex spacecraft from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station’s Space Launch Complex-41. The U.S. signed an agreement that would allow American rocket companies to operate …
Read More »Trump administration grants Iraq a new 90-day Iran sanctions waiver
Raheb Homavandi | TIMA Iranian workers walk at a unit of South Pars Gas field in Asalouyeh Seaport, north of Persian Gulf, Iran November 19, 2015. DUBAI — The Trump administration is granting Iraq a renewed 90-day waiver exempting it from U.S. sanctions on Iran, a senior State Department official …
Read More »Trump hammers the late Sen. John McCain again over Obamacare vote
Chris Keponis | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Brazilian President Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro at the White House March 19, 2019 in Washington, DC. President Trump is hosting President Bolsonaro for a visit and bilateral talks at the White House today. (Photo by Chris …
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