Wall Street Journal: Politics
- U.S.-North Korea Nuclear Talks Must Resume Quickly, Says Worried South
Monday - 03/04/2019 - 12:12 PMSouth Korea is pressing the U.S. and North Korea to return to negotiations to prevent the diplomatic detente from unraveling.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - U.S. Offers EU Olive Branch Restoring Embassy's Status
Monday - 03/04/2019 - 11:24 AMFrosty relations between the U.S. and the European Union warmed when Washington reversed its decision to downgrade the bloc’s embassy.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - New Treasury Rules Shape Corporate Tax Break
Monday - 03/04/2019 - 05:22 PMThe Treasury Department proposed the final major international-tax regulation under the 2017 tax law on Monday, outlining how businesses can claim a break related to certain foreign sales.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper Enters 2020 Race
Monday - 03/04/2019 - 12:30 PMFormer Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper said he will seek the Democratic nomination for president in 2020, becoming the first member of the crowded field to run by trumpeting a record of working with Republicans.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - After Blue Wave, New York GOP Chairman Vies to Retain His Seat
Sunday - 03/03/2019 - 07:00 PMNew York Republicans suffered significant losses in the 2018 elections, but longtime state GOP Chairman Ed Cox is pushing ahead for another term.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Democrats Adopt GOP Strategy in Fight for Trump Probe Information
Sunday - 03/03/2019 - 08:11 AMRepublicans in recent years have gained access to information long considered too sensitive to share with Congress. Now that House Democrats are in charge, the tables are turning as party lawmakers embark on wide-ranging inquiries into the president and his administration.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Rand Paul Suggests He'd Vote Against Trump's Emergency Order
Sunday - 03/03/2019 - 08:08 PMSen. Rand Paul indicated he would be the fourth Republican to oppose President Trump’s redirecting of federal funds toward building a border wall, potentially forcing the president to issue his first veto.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - When Democracy Is No Longer the Only Path to Prosperity
Friday - 03/01/2019 - 11:38 AMCountries rated ‘not free’ are increasingly able to offer their citizens high incomes. Will democratic ideals lose their appeal?
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Even Before Trump and Kim Met, Nuclear Talks Had Run Aground
Saturday - 03/02/2019 - 10:10 PMA U.S. team working ahead of the nuclear talks in Hanoi found North Korea wasn’t willing to budge, expecting far more than they were prepared to give.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Pompeo Pledges to Defend Philippine Forces in South China Sea
Friday - 03/01/2019 - 12:34 PMThe Philippines shelved a planned review of its military alliance with the U.S. in return for a verbal commitment that American forces would defend the country’s vessels in the South China Sea.
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- Russia Suspends Nuclear Missile Treaty With U.S.
Monday - 03/04/2019 - 01:08 PMPresident Vladimir Putin formally ordered a suspension of Russia’s obligations under a Cold War-era nuclear treaty with the U.S., heightening the threat of a new arms race.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - High-Speed Rail in the U.S. Remains Elusive: Illinois Shows Why
Monday - 03/04/2019 - 08:27 PMA $2 billion Chicago-St. Louis project will offer a top speed of just 110 mph and shave an hour off the trip. Few people are expected to use it. One problem: having to share the track with freight railroads.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Democrats Turn to Online Tool for Organizing Volunteers
Monday - 03/04/2019 - 12:07 PMMobilizeAmerica gives Democratic campaigns and progressive causes a centralized sign-up system for events, door-knocking and shifts calling and texting voters.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Senate Will Block Trump's Border-Wall Plan, McConnell Says
Monday - 03/04/2019 - 06:25 PMMajority Leader Mitch McConnell said a resolution to block President Trump from declaring a national emergency would pass the GOP-controlled Senate, likely forcing the president to issue his first veto.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Doctors' PACs Favored Candidates Opposing Gun Background Checks
Sunday - 03/03/2019 - 08:06 PMPolitical-action committees affiliated with doctors’ organizations donated more money to congressional candidates who opposed tighter gun laws than to those supporting them, reviving a debate over what role physicians should play in the issue.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - House Panel to Seek Documents From Trump's Sons, Longtime Finance Chief
Sunday - 03/03/2019 - 06:24 PMThe House Judiciary Committee this week plans to request documents from more than 60 associates of President Trump, including from his sons and from his longtime chief financial officer, as part of a House investigation into obstruction of justice, corruption and abuse of power, the panel’s chairman said.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Fictionalizing History, With Republicans at Center Stage
Friday - 03/01/2019 - 12:15 PMThomas Mallon, whose latest novel reimagines the presidency of George W. Bush, has spent years dramatizing the inner lives of GOP figures.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - House Panel Presses White House for Security-Clearance Documents
Friday - 03/01/2019 - 08:57 PMThe House Oversight Committee renewed its request to the White House for documents related to the administration’s security-clearance processes, following reports that President Trump ordered his former chief of staff to grant his son-in-law a top-secret security clearance.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - A Regime Still Fighting the 'Great Satan'
Friday - 03/01/2019 - 05:50 PMSince the Iranian Revolution of 1979, the Islamic Republic’s foreign policy has been defined by one key principle: anti-Americanism.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Congress Faces Fall Deadline to Address Debt Ceiling
Friday - 03/01/2019 - 02:16 PMThe clock starts ticking this weekend for Congress to reach a deal to raise the federal borrowing limit, or debt ceiling, before the government runs out of money to pay its bills sometime this fall.
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- U.S. Push on Food Trade Pressures EU
Monday - 03/04/2019 - 12:44 PMU.S. and European trade negotiators, under growing domestic pressure over agriculture, are set to meet again this week as clashing demands threaten to rekindle a tit-for-tat economic war.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Regulators Target Energy-Efficient Home Improvements Loans
Monday - 03/04/2019 - 06:46 PMFederal regulators are preparing to clamp down on a popular loan program used to finance solar panels and other energy-saving home improvements.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - How Trump Can Restart North Korean Diplomacy
Monday - 03/04/2019 - 05:55 PMAfter last week’s fruitless Hanoi summit between President Trump and Kim Jong Un, the White House has two crucial problems to ponder as it attempts to move negotiations forward.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - House Panel Requests Documents From Associates of Trump
Monday - 03/04/2019 - 07:03 PMDemocrats intensified their investigations into President Trump and his associates, with House committees demanding records related to his business dealings, interactions with the Justice Department and communications with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Trump's Effort to Narrow the Trade Gap Has Flopped So Far
Sunday - 03/03/2019 - 03:31 PMOn Wednesday, the Census Bureau will likely report the U.S. last year registered the largest trade deficit in its history. How that happened is a lesson in the economics of imbalances.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Trump's Job-Approval Rating Ticks Up, Along With Warning Signs
Sunday - 03/03/2019 - 07:15 PMPresident Trump’s job-approval rating has risen, but many of his party’s policy positions are viewed as out of the mainstream, the latest Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll finds.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - U.S., China Close In on Trade Deal
Sunday - 03/03/2019 - 11:09 PMChina and the U.S. are in the final stage of completing a trade deal, with Beijing offering to lower tariffs and other restrictions on American farm, chemical, auto and other products and Washington considering removing most, if not all, sanctions levied against Chinese products since last year.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Trump Says He Was in a 'Horrible Position' Over Otto Warmbier Situation
Saturday - 03/02/2019 - 10:50 PMPresident Trump lamented his “horrible position” of negotiating with North Korea following the death of Otto Warmbier, after the president drew criticism for saying that he accepted Kim Jong Un’s word that he didn’t know about Mr.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Who's Afraid of Amy Klobuchar?
Friday - 03/01/2019 - 07:25 PMFormer aides claim the Minnesota senator is a difficult boss. But are we too tough on tough leaders?
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - A Month After Scandal, How Virginia's Northam Governs
Friday - 03/01/2019 - 04:12 PMA month after a scandal erupted over racist photos in his medical-school yearbook, Democratic Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam has kept a low profile even as he quietly runs the state.
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