Ohio’s John Kasich and Colorado’s John Hickenlooper, governors from opposing parties, have a solution to America’s political impasse: make moderation great again.
Iowa senator Chuck Grassley is on a winning streak. As head of Senate Judiciary Committee, the Republican politician was instrumental in getting judge Brett Kavanaugh confirmed to the Supreme Court. Today, Donald Trump is expected to hand Grassley another major victory.
The Trump administration wants the world to know its beef with China is about a lot more than trade.
A US federal judge on Wednesday has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from sending immigrants from catastrophe-stricken countries back home.
The North American Free Trade Agreement, signed in 1993, was state-of-the-art for its time. The new version of NAFTA, not so much, experts say.
One of the biggest qualms that Donald Trump had with the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was its name.
Donald Trump just reached the biggest free-trade deal in his administration, the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement.
Canada is joining the US and Mexico’s new trade deal, essentially creating a new version of the NAFTA agreement that had governed trade within North America.
The Trump administration is expected to release the text of the revised version of the North American Free Trade Agreement this evening. It’s the first full-fledged trade treaty negotiated under Donald Trump’s “America First” vision, so free-trade supporters will be poring over it for details of what that means in practice.
Donald Trump spent much of his speech to the UN General Assembly berating other countries for taking advantage of the US.
The Vatican and China have been at odds for decades. At the center of their spat: who has the right to nominate bishops.
The Republican campaign to keep Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court confirmation process on track just suffered another setback.
Hurricane Maria was a devastating blow for Puerto Rico’s infrastructure—and for women’s hard-earned advances in society.
Thousands of people were killed by Hurricane Maria, which blasted Puerto Rico on Sept. 20, 2017 with devastating results. But the Puerto Rican government has only publicly identified 64 victims.
Thousands of people were killed by Hurricane Maria. But the Puerto Rican government has only publicly identified 64 victims.
After Woodrow Wilson had a stroke in 1919, members of Congress raised concerns about his ability to serve as US president. Nearly seven decades later, the same questions were privately posed by White House staffers about a reportedly aloof Ronald Reagan at the end of his second term.
Despite an official count of just 64 deaths, Puerto Ricans have long insisted that hundreds died as a result of Hurricane Maria. Today, they got official confirmation.
Atul Vir is ready for the next Hurricane Harvey. As soon as floodwaters start rising, pumps will start channeling the incoming stream into the 60-bathtubs-worth of storage below his Houston property. Brick walls below the windows and doors will keep water up to 12 inches out. If breached, the cascading water will flow through his front door, down his dining room’s sloped, tiled floor, past the living room, and into an indoor pond that drains into the sewer. If all this fails to keep water out, the Virs will move to their rooftop deck, designed to accommodate a helicopter rescue.
Most current-day economists agree that trade leads to growth. A study published by the National Bureau of Economic Research suggests that was also the case during the Iron Age.
The Puerto Rican government has been standing by its Hurricane Maria death toll of 64—except when it’s asking for money.
Every year, hundreds of thousands of visitors to the US overstay their visas, some of them indefinitely.
Donald Trump’s steel tariffs have helped some US steel producers. Now they are helping Trump back.
Donald Trump is wildly popular among Republicans. A recent PRRI poll puts support for the president among members of his party at 80%.
For asylum seekers who’ve travelled hundreds of miles to reach safety in the US, a one-hour interview could be the difference between a new life or deportation.
