EU & Canada Impose Retaliatory Tariffs
By Kenneth White In a document lodged at the World Trade Organization, the EU has set out 25-percent tariff increases aimed in part at hurting…
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223,000 jobs added in May; unemployment rate falls to 3.8 percent
The U.S. economy added a robust 223,000 jobs in the month of May, according to figures released Friday by the Department of Labor, and the…
FactChecking Trump’s Nashville Rally
By Eugene Kiely and D’Angelo Gore – Factcheck.org At a campaign rally in Nashville, President Donald Trump repeated a bushelful of false and misleading claims, and added a few…
Trump to pardon right-wing provocateur Dinesh D’Souza
President Donald Trump on Thursday announced he will grant a full pardon to conservative commentator, writer and filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza, who pleaded guilty in 2014…
Trump wishes he had picked someone other than Jeff Sessions to be attorney general
Republished with permission by Knowhere News President Donald Trump on Wednesday said via Twitter he wished he had tapped someone other than Jeff Sessions for…
Many Republican mayors are advancing climate-friendly policies without saying so
San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer, right, and California Governor Jerry Brown, left, discuss drought and water restrictions on August 11, 2015. Faulconer has championed renewable…
Trump says Mueller investigation will influence midterm elections
Republished with permission by Knowhere News In a series of Tuesday morning tweets, President Donald Trump accused Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigative team of meddling…
Hurricane Maria death toll is thousands higher than official count, according to new Harvard-led study
Thousands more people died after Hurricane Maria ravaged Puerto Rico in September than the island’s government has acknowledged, according to a Harvard study published Tuesday…
North and South Korean leaders hold surprise talks at DMZ
The leaders of North and South Korea met in the demilitarized zone separating the two countries on Saturday, hours after President Donald Trump suggested his…
Who’s to Blame for Higher Gas Prices?
By Robert Farley – Factcheck.org With gasoline prices rising, Sen. Chuck Schumer placed the blame on President Donald Trump, and specifically his decision to pull out…