If you are hoping for lower car prices thanks to the EPA’s rollback of costly Obama-era rules on auto emissions and fuel economy, think again. California’s determination to maintain its own tougher standards — plus the Trump Administration’s tariffs on steel and aluminum — make that unlikely. An automakers’ trade […]
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Conor McGregor arraigned on charges after backstage melee
NEW YORK — Ultimate fighting star Conor was arraigned on criminal charges Friday in the wake of a backstage melee he allegedly instigated that has forced the removal of three fights from UFC’s biggest card of the year. The New York Police Department says McGregor was charged with three counts of […]
Conor McGregor leaves precinct in handcuffs after backstage melee
Last Updated Apr 6, 2018 11:54 AM EDT NEW YORK — Ultimate fighting star Conor McGregor was seen leaving a New York City police station in handcuffs Friday morning in the wake of a backstage melee he allegedly instigated that has forced the removal of three fights from UFC’s biggest […]
Mick Mulvaney allowed big pay bumps at consumer agency
NEW YORK (AP) — Mick Mulvaney, President Trump’s appointee to oversee the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has given big pay raises to the deputies he has hired to help him run the bureau, according to salary records obtained by The Associated Press. This is at the agency Mulvaney — who […]
Experts fear trade fight with China will hurt U.S. economy
Last Updated Apr 6, 2018 10:39 AM EDT Experts say additional proposed U.S. tariffs on Chinese imports, if followed by “tit for tat” retaliation by China, would likely lower economic growth in both countries. President Donald Trump on Thursday night asked the U.S. trade representative to consider slapping tariffs on another […]
Trump administration targets Putin’s inner circle in new sanctions
President Trump’s administration announced new sanctions Friday against a number of Russian officials and businesses who could benefit from the Kremlin’s destabilizing activity, including some in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle. The Treasury Department has designed 38 Russian individuals and entities in all. The sanctions target a wide range […]
Brothers who killed parents 3 decades ago reunited in prison
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Menendez brothers, who were convicted of killing their parents in their Beverly Hills mansion nearly three decades ago, have been reunited in a Southern California prison. Erik Menendez, 47, has moved into the same housing unit as his 50-year-old brother, Lyle Menendez, Corrections department spokeswoman Terry […]
Trump says trade war is “already lost”
Last Updated Apr 6, 2018 8:22 AM EDT President Trump said in a radio interview aired Friday that the U.S. isn’t in a trade war because the trade war is “already lost,” and said he “probably won’t” attend the White House Correspondents Dinner in Washington later this month because the […]
Eye Opener: President ups the ante against China
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Trump freezes out chief of staff John Kelly, says he’s “tired of being told ‘no'”
WASHINGTON – When President Donald Trump made a congratulatory phone call to Russian leader Vladimir Putin, White House chief of staff John Kelly wasn’t on the line. When Mr. Trump tapped John Bolton to be his next national security adviser, Kelly wasn’t in the room. And when Mr. Trump spent a […]