Yearly Archives: 2018
Summit Details Are Going To Be Key, Sen. Ben Cardin Says
Rachel Martin talks to Sen. Ben Cardin of Maryland, a Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, about his reaction to the historic summit between President Trump and North Korea’s leader.
Read More »Israeli PM Netanyahu questioned by police in telecom corruption case
Israeli police questioned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday over his alleged dealings with the country’s largest telecommunication company, Israel Radio said, one of three corruption cases weighing on his political future.
Read More »Ivanka Trump And Jared Kushner Earned More Than $80 Million Last Year, Filings Show
Enlarge this image Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump, arriving for the state dinner in April, have held positions in more than 200 companies and organizations. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption toggle caption Alex Brandon/AP Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner earned at least $82 million last year from investments and business concerns outside of their jobs as unpaid senior advisers to the …
Read More »McConnell Shows Senate Staying Power Despite Unpopularity
Enlarge this image Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption toggle caption J. Scott Applewhite/AP Majority Leader Mitch McConnell surpasses Bob Dole on Tuesday as the longest serving Republican leader in Senate history — and he is showing no indication he’s ready to call it quits. McConnell, 76, has served in Senate GOP leadership for the …
Read More »Morning News Brief
President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un signed a joint document after their summit in Singapore. Trump promised that denuclearization would come “very, very quickly.”
Read More »Immigration And Trade Policies Frustrate GOP Lawmakers
Congress returns Tuesday with conflicts brewing inside the GOP on two major issues where Republicans are breaking with President Trump: immigration and trade.
Read More »What Action Follows Trump-Kim Summit May Be Even More Important
The U.S.-North Korea summit is one for the history books. After his meetings in Singapore with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, President Trump said, “We’re very proud of what took place today.”
Read More »The Modern Superpower Summit: A Performance On The High Wire
Enlarge this image President Dwight Eisenhower and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev windup their farewells on the steps of the Blair House in Washington on Sept. 27, 1959. AP hide caption toggle caption AP We have encountered the phrase “historic summit” throughout our lives — and heard it endlessly repeated in recent days with respect to President Trump’s meeting in Singapore …
Read More »Trump on Kim: ‘Past does not have to define our future’
The US president says North Korea’s Kim Jong-un is committed to “complete denuclearisation”.
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