President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will meet in May, an unexpected development in a acidic relationship between the hermit Communist nation and the United States. Supporters of […]
Korea meeting has backers, skeptics
Trump invokes tariffs despite pushback
Tariffs on steel and aluminum were declared by President Donald Trump on Thursday, exempting Canada and Mexico and inviting other nations to work harder to avoid undercutting the value of American products. […]
Tariff plan may skip Canada, Mexico
Mexico, Canada and certain other nations may be exempted from President Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs on steel and aluminum. The White House announced on Wednesday that the “national security carve-outs” would be […]
Ryan asks Trump to drop tariffs proposal
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan and others on Monday sought to get President Donald Trump to recant on his pledge to impose tariffs on imported steel and aluminum. But the president […]
Doubts pile up about police response
New doubts about the efforts of law enforcement in the Feb. 14 shootings at a Florida high school that took the lives of 17 people surfaced on Thursday, as a report indicates […]
Trump backs gun curbs opposed by NRA?
President Donald Trump on Wednesday indicated that he would support stricter changes to curb gun violence, measures opposed by the National Rifle Association. According to the Associated Press, the president “appeared to […]
Gun control bill advances in Florida
After a four-hour hearing, a committee of the Florida House of Representatives voted 23-6 to approve a bill that would raise the minimum age to purchase a firearm from 18 to 21 […]
Fla. ban on sale of all guns to under-21?
Florida Gov. Rick Scott announced on Friday that he supported a ban in his state on the sale of all firearms to anyone under the age of 21. He also called for […]
Fallout from Florida shootings continues
The aftershocks of the Feb. 14 shootings at a Florida high school that took the lives of 17 people – most of them children – continued to dominate the news on Thursday. […]
Trump supports ban on “bump” stocks
President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he would ask for a ban on “bump” gun stocks. “We must move past clichés and tired debates and focus on evidence based solutions and security […]
