WASHINGTON-President Donald Trump is balancing the political potential, legal background and personal chemistry of those nominated by the Supreme Court, as it approaches its July 9 deadline to announce its election to …
Read More »Win by López Obrador pushes Mexico sharply to the left
Mr. Lopez Obrador obtained almost 54% of the votes, according to more than half of the votes counted by the electoral agency of Mexico. That was more than 30 percentage points more …
Read More »Newcomer Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez topples current Democrat Joe Crowley at New York Elementary
To a great surprise for the establishment of the Democratic Party, Rep. Joe Crowley of New York lost his primary election on Tuesday, dethroned by a young progressive newcomer who reflects unease …
Read More »Trump plans new restrictions on Chinese investment and exports technology to China
WASHINGTON-President Donald Trump, Already entangled in a commercial battle with China, plans to increase trade tensions by preventing many Chinese companies from investing in US technology firms and blocking exports of additional …
Read More »How AT & T beat the government
On the second day of hearings on AT & T Inc. T 1.94% offer to buy Time Warner Inc., lead defense attorney Daniel Petrocelli He refuted a Justice Department attorney who mentioned …
Read More »David Koch leaves the company, political groups
June 5, 2018 10:13 a.m. ET WASHINGTON-Multimillionaire businessman David Koch, who, along with his brother, used his fortune to help reform republican politics, announced on Tuesday that he will retire from his …
Read More »The Trump administration resumes pressure campaign in North Korea
May 25, 2018 5:30 a.m. ET President Donald Trump decision to cancel its planned summit with Kim Jong Un it shifts the United States' approach to North Korea from a month-long rapprochement …
Read More »The head of NASA sets plans for lunar exploration and is committed to research on climate change
May 23, 2018 8:17 p.m. ET NASA chief James Bridenstine unequivocally told a Senate panel that human activity is the main cause of climate change, reversing his earlier skepticism, and outlined a …
Read More »How Congress withdrew banking rules in a bizarre bipartisan deal
WASHINGTON-Ten days after his inauguration, President Donald Trump promised to "make a large number" in the Dodd-Frank law that toughened the rules on financial firms after the 2008 crisis. Behind the scenes, …
Read More »Zuckerberg apologizes to EU lawmakers
Updated May 22, 2018 1:54 p.m. ET BRUSSELS- Facebook Inc. FB -0.07% Executive Director Mark Zuckerberg On Tuesday, he apologized to EU lawmakers for the company's failure to combat false news and …
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