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The Wall Street Journal broke the news Thursday evening that President Trump was interested in acquiring Greenland — a remote, semiautonomous territory that is officially part of Denmark. Trump has reportedly asked the White House counsel to look into the idea, which has caused bafflement among Danish politicians and Greenland residents. “We’re open for business, not for sale,” a tweet from the Greenland Mi

WASHINGTON (AP) — Call it the diplomacy of coercion. The Trump administration is aggressively pursuing economic sanctions as a primary foreign policy tool to an extent unseen in decades, or perhaps ever. Many are questioning the results even as officials insist the penalties are achieving their aims. Since taking office in January 2017, President Donald Trump has used an array of new and existing sanctions against Iran, North Korea and others.

BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s top economic adviser is playing down fears of a looming recession after last week’s sharp drop in the financial markets and predicting the economy will perform well in the second half of 2019. Larry Kudlow said in Sunday television interviews that consumers are seeing higher wages and are able to spend and save more. ‘‘No, I don’t see a recession,’’ Kudlow said. ‘‘We’re doing pretty darn well in my judgment.

Wednesday was a normal day for MORE until it wasn’t. The Under the Radar Magazine politics editor was going about his business when his Twitter mentions started to rise, with some people calling him a dolt and questioning whether he was part of the human population. “People call you, they’re like ‘oh, you’re a bigot. You’re a Nazi. You’re this.

The group’s political progress was spotlighted Tuesday, August 6, when a state GOP politician urged state officials to ignore the huge population of illegal migrant workers and renters in the state, according to a report in the Georgia Recorder: Zuckerberg’s FWD.us lobbying group quickly endorsed Payne’s praise of cheap illegal labor: FWD.us was created by West Coast billionaire investors — including Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg — to preserve the an

DCCC Chairwoman Cheri Bustos (D-IL) is reportedly looking for a new executive director and seeking members’ help in her search in hopes that it shows the frustrated black and Latino members that she takes diversity seriously. “We are moving quickly to fill this role, but we will do so in a way that honors the values of the most diverse House Democratic Caucus in U.S. history,” Bustos wrote in a letter obtained by Politico.

Vanity Fair is one of many media outlets who reported on the Clinton painting, dubbed “Parsing Bill,” but it also reported lots of other noteworthy items in Epstein’s multimillion-dollar pad. The magazine noted that people can get a print of the Clinton piece for $40, not including taxes and shipping: The Vanity Fair article noted that Epstein had no computers in his study, according to the 2003 account, but had them in a “computer room.” He also had a “leather room” with leat

City officials have been preparing for the potential of dueling clashes, with the police force at the ready and additional agencies on standby.