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China’s Communist Party accused the Trump administration of playing “little tricks” on Chinese negotiators during recent trade talks on Friday in a commentary post shared by the country’s state-run news agency. In the piece reportedly shared by Xinhua News Agency, an anonymous author going by the moniker “Taoran Notes” warned the U.S. not to expect China […]

Canadian Prime Minister Justin TrudeauJustin Pierre James TrudeauOn The Money: Treasury rejects Dem subpoena for Trump tax returns | Companies warn trade war about to hit consumers | Congress, White House to launch budget talks next week | Trump gets deal to lift steel tariffs on Mexico, Canada Trudeau on tariff deal: Canadian and US […]

2020 presidential hopeful Rep. Seth MoultonSeth Wilbur Moulton2020 Dem Seth Moulton calls for expanding cannabis access for veterans Momentum builds behind push to pass laws enshrining abortion rights ‘SleepyCreepy Joe’ and ‘Crazy Bernie’: Trump seeks to define 2020 Dems with insults MORE (D-Mass.) on Friday endorsed expanding marijuana access for veterans.  The Marine veteran wrote […]

The latest calendars released for Interior Secretary David Bernhardt are prompting renewed scrutiny of the department’s transparency efforts, with one Democrat calling them “fake.” Interior published four months’ worth of Bernhardt’s schedules to its website on Thursday, a day after he appeared before the House Natural Resources Committee. While some entries released by the agency list the names […]

Democrats are trying to solve a mystery in Washington: Will Robert MuellerRobert (Bob) Swan MuellerSasse: US should applaud choice of Mueller to lead Russia probe MORE ever testify before Congress? Weeks ago, it seemed all but certain that the special counsel would head to Capitol Hill in May to answer questions about his eponymous 448-page […]

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A coalition of five conservative groups sent a letter to the White House on Friday asking the Trump administration to abandon negotiations with Amazon over a lucrative $10 billion Pentagon cloud computing contract. In a letter to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) acting Director Russell Vought, the conservatives argued that the criteria for the Joint […]

The Treasury Department and IRS are set to miss a Friday deadline to comply with subpoenas for Trump’s tax returns, setting up a prolonged legal battle. Democrats are examining options for their next steps. But both sides agree the matter is headed to the courts. “I think Friday is the turning point,” said Rep. Bill […]

A federal judge in California on Thursday ruled that a copyright infringement lawsuit filed against InfoWars by the creator of the “Pepe the Frog” character will go to trial. Matt Furie, the creator of the popular frog, which has largely been coopted online by conservatives, sued InfoWars for copyright infringement over a poster it sold […]

Treasury Secretary Steven MnuchinSteven Terner MnuchinOn The Money: Treasury rejects Dem subpoena for Trump tax returns | Companies warn trade war about to hit consumers | Congress, White House to launch budget talks next week | Trump gets deal to lift steel tariffs on Mexico, Canada READ: Mnuchin refuses to provide Trump’s tax returns Treasury […]