Month: July 2018
Trump Defends Embattled Immigration Control Agency
01/07/2018
U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday defended the country’s embattled immigration control agency against calls by some opposition Democrats to abolish it. “The Liberal Left, also known as the Democrats, want to get rid of ICE, who do a fantastic job, and want Open Borders.Crime would be rampant and uncontrollable!” Trump said on Twitter, one …
Canada Imposes Retaliatory Tariffs on US Goods
01/07/2018
Canada’s retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods take effect Sunday following the Trump administration’s new tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office said in a statement that the prime minister “had no choice but to announce reciprocal countermeasures to the steel and aluminum tariffs that the United States imposed on June …
Canada Imposes Retaliatory Tariffs on US Goods
01/07/2018
Canada’s retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods take effect Sunday following the Trump administration’s new tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office said in a statement that the prime minister “had no choice but to announce reciprocal countermeasures to the steel and aluminum tariffs that the United States imposed on June …
Some Democrats With Eye on 2020 Say, ‘Abolish ICE’
01/07/2018
Several prominent Democrats who are mulling a bid for the White House in 2020 have sought to bolster their progressive credentials by calling for major changes to immigration enforcement, with some pressing for the outright abolition of the federal government’s chief immigration enforcement agency. President Donald Trump responded on Twitter Saturday that it will “never …
Some Democrats With Eye on 2020 Say, ‘Abolish ICE’
01/07/2018
Several prominent Democrats who are mulling a bid for the White House in 2020 have sought to bolster their progressive credentials by calling for major changes to immigration enforcement, with some pressing for the outright abolition of the federal government’s chief immigration enforcement agency. President Donald Trump responded on Twitter Saturday that it will “never …
Iran Seeks Ways to Defend Against US Sanctions
01/07/2018
Iran is studying ways to keep exporting oil and other measures to counter U.S. economic sanctions, state news agency IRNA reported Saturday. Since last month, when U.S. President Donald Trump pulled out of the nuclear deal that lifted most sanctions in 2015, the rial currency has dropped up to 40 percent in value, prompting protests by bazaar traders usually loyal …
Iran Seeks Ways to Defend Against US Sanctions
01/07/2018
Iran is studying ways to keep exporting oil and other measures to counter U.S. economic sanctions, state news agency IRNA reported Saturday. Since last month, when U.S. President Donald Trump pulled out of the nuclear deal that lifted most sanctions in 2015, the rial currency has dropped up to 40 percent in value, prompting protests by bazaar traders usually loyal …
Senior US Diplomat for Asia to Retire
01/07/2018
A senior U.S. diplomat for Asian affairs is leaving State Department at the end of July amid ongoing and critical negotiations with North Korea, weeks after the leaders of the U.S. and North Korea met in Singapore. “Acting Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Susan Thornton has announced her intention to …
Senior US Diplomat for Asia to Retire
01/07/2018
A senior U.S. diplomat for Asian affairs is leaving State Department at the end of July amid ongoing and critical negotiations with North Korea, weeks after the leaders of the U.S. and North Korea met in Singapore. “Acting Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Susan Thornton has announced her intention to …