President Donald Trump ordered his chief trade negotiator to consider imposing tariffs on an additional $100 billion of Chinese products Thursday, in a dramatic escalation of his trade war with China.The threat from Trump is the latest volley between the White House and Beijing in an exchange of trade attacks that continue to broaden in scope and severity.Trump's latest move would impose tariffs on a significant share of imported Chinese goods that enter the United States - $505.6 billion last year.It comes a day after China issued a list of tariffs against $50 billion in U.S. goods, including soybeans and small aircraft, in response to recent actions from Trump."Rather than remedy its misconduct, China has chosen to harm our farmers and manufacturers," Trump said in a statement Thursday evening.The president's latest salvo, moving the world's two largest economies closer to an open brawl, is certain to spook U.S. allies in Europe and Japan as well as American business leaders, who are … [Read more...] about Trump seeks an additional $100 billion in tariffs against China in escalation of trade confrontation
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Sen. Kamala Harris ruffles feathers with ‘Trump death joke’ on ‘Ellen’ show
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Why Trump went after Bezos: Two billionaires across a cultural divide
By The Washington Post | PUBLISHED: April 6, 2018 at 6:43 am | UPDATED: April 6, 2018 at 6:46 am By Marc Fisher | The Washington Post Donald Trump and Jeff Bezos inhabit very different worlds. The president is a staunch bricks-and-mortar man who made his fortune building towers and dealing with blue-collar workers. The founder of the world’s largest store, by contrast, is a space enthusiast who experiments with robots and operates much of the cloud where the new economy’s data lives. Trump’s decision in recent days to zero in on Bezos and Amazon.com as his latest Twitter targets has highlighted a severe fracture in American society, a divide between concrete and steel and zeros and ones, a split that is as much philosophical as it is economic, as much about the fraying of communities as it is about the shape of commerce. Four times over the past week, the president has criticized Bezos for running a company that he says fails to pay its share of taxes, for taking … [Read more...] about Why Trump went after Bezos: Two billionaires across a cultural divide
Trump says he didn’t know about payment to Stormy Daniels
CATHERINE LUCEY, Associated Press Updated 3:37 pm, Thursday, April 5, 2018 window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-5', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 5', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-10', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 10', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-15', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 15', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); Photo: Gabe Ginsberg/Getty Images Image 1of/15 CaptionClose Image 1 of 15 Actress Stormy Daniels in 2008 … [Read more...] about Trump says he didn’t know about payment to Stormy Daniels
Downtown tower boasts rooftop dog park, yoga lawn and bird’s-eye views of the Astros
By Nancy Sarnoff Updated 3:52 pm, Tuesday, April 3, 2018 window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-5', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 5', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-10', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 10', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-15', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 15', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-20', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 20', target_type: … [Read more...] about Downtown tower boasts rooftop dog park, yoga lawn and bird’s-eye views of the Astros