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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has visited Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for what he calls a “semiannual physical.” Trump left the White House around 10:45 a.m. Friday and returned to the grounds at 2:15 p.m., slightly ahead of schedule. Trump did not answer questions from reporters upon his arrival. The White House…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he hasn’t canceled a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping planned for late October in South Korea after earlier expressing anger about export controls China has placed on rare earths. Asked if he had backed out, Trump said, “I haven’t canceled.” Trump has also threatened an additional 100%…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Mass firings of federal workers have begun. That was the announcement Friday from the White House as Republicans worked to exert more pressure on Democratic lawmakers to end the government shutdown. In a court filing, the budget office said well over 4,000 employees would be fired, though it noted that the funding…
Postal traffic to the U.S. remains down about 70% five weeks after the end of the “de minimis” exemption. The United Nations postal agency reported this on Friday. The exemption had spared low-value packages from duties and taxes. Since the U.S. ended the tariff exemption for packages worth less than $800, confusion has reigned. In…
NEW YORK (AP) — Federal regulators have opened yet another investigation into Tesla’s so-called full-self driving technology after dozens of incidents in which the electric vehicle maker’s cars ran red lights or drove on the wrong side of the road, sometimes crashing into other vehicles and endangering drivers. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said…
HONG KONG (AP) — China has outlined new curbs on exports of rare earths and related technologies, extending controls over the use of the elements critical for many high-tech products and military applications. The regulations announced by the Ministry of Commerce on Thursday require foreign companies to get special approval to export items that contain…
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s antitrust watchdog is labeling Google a “strategic” player in the online search advertising market, paving the way for regulators to force the company to change its business practices to ensure more competition in that market. The Competition and Markets Authority said Friday that its investigation found that the US tech giant…
(WBAP/KLIF) — AP — A monthslong calm on Wall Street shattered Friday, and U.S. stocks tumbled after President Donald Trump threatened to crank tariffs much higher on China. The S&P 500 sank 2.7% in its worst day since April. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 878 points, or 1.9%, and the Nasdaq composite fell 3.6%.…
