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Biden campaigned in Keene – home of the iconic United Church of Christ of Keene steeple, a hallmark of the small town’s skyline – over the weekend and seemingly forgot what state he was in during a brief Q&A session with reporters. “I love this place.

Ginsburg, 86, began radiation therapy at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City on August 5th, according to the court. Doctors from the hospital said tests show that the rest of the justice’s body is cancer-free. As part of Ginsburg’s treatment, doctors inserted a stent into her bile duct. “Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg today completed a three-week course of stereotactic ablative radiation therapy at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City,” the court’s statement reads.

David H. Koch, who amassed a multibillion-dollar fortune with his brother Charles from the corporate behemoth they ran and then joined him in pouring their riches into a powerful right-wing libertarian movement that helped reshape American politics, has died. He was 79. Charles G. Koch announced the death in a statement, which provided no other details but noted that David Koch had been treated for prostate cancer in the past. “Twenty-seven years ago,” the statement said, “David was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer and given a grim prognosis of a few years to live.

WASHINGTON — President Trump said he’s raising tariffs further on Chinese imports in response to Beijing’s retaliation earlier in the day, deepening the impasse over the two nations’ trade policies. Duties on $250 billion of imports already in effect will rise to 30 percent from 25 percent on Oct. 1, Trump said in a series of tweets Friday after US markets closed. He also said that the remaining $300 billion in Chinese imports will be taxed at 15 percent instead of 10 percent starting Sept.

Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh isn’t ruling out the possibility of running for Senate — but only if a seat were to become open, the New York Times reported Friday. But as Representative Joseph P. Kennedy III publicly mulls whether he’ll challenge Senator Edward J.

President Trump says he was joking. He was joking when he called himself “the chosen one.” On Wednesday, Trump called himself just that when he was speaking to reporters at the White House. He seemed to be referring to how he saw it as his duty to get into a trade war with China. “I am the chosen one,” he said, looking up at the sky.

Speaker MORE's impeachment, warning that a premature effort to oust the president could undermine her case for doing so down the road. “The public isn’t there on impeachment. It’s your voice and constituency, but give me the leverage I need to make sure that we’re ready and it is as strong as it can be,” Pelosi told Democrats during a caucus-wide conference call on Friday afternoon, according to a source on the call. Pelosi made the comments in response to Rep.

MORE violated any pact with him by launching another round of projectiles. “He likes testing missiles," Trump told reporters as he departed the White House for the Group of Seven (G-7) economies summit in France. "Kim Jong Un has been, you know, pretty straight with me I think," Trump added.