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U.S.-China Trade Talks Stumble on Beijing’s Spending at Home

BEIJING — One year ago, when he began a multibillion-dollar trade war with China that shook the global economy, President Trump demanded that Beijing end lavish government spending aimed at making the country a world power in computer chips, robotics, commercial aircraft and other industries of the future. Today, as the two sides struggle to reach a truce, the Trump administration is finding just how difficult that will be. Trade talks between the United States and China nearly ground to a halt this past week, and a seemingly intractable dispute…

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Trump: 2017 Spying Claim Based on ‘Little Bit of a Hunch’

President Donald Trump said Thursday he based his controversial claim President Barack Obama had his “wires tapped” in Trump Tower on “a little bit of a hunch.” In a phone interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity, the pair lamented alleged improper behavior from federal law enforcement, which Trump says continued after he won the election in 2016. “I don’t know if you remember, a long time ago, very early on I used the word ‘wiretap,’ and I put in quotes, meaning surveillance, spying you can sort of say whatever…

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Stephen Colbert steps up his Trump impression after CPAC speech

Stephen Colbert has already laid into Trump’s “epically weird” CPAC speech. But there was one moment that the late show host had to talk about again: Trump’s admonishing of the people investigating him during his speech on Saturday. And by talk, we mean totally mock the president with a new, weird impression that’s better if you just watch it (at 2:40). Colbert also tore into Trump’s press conference on Tuesday, where he answered questions about the investigations. “It’s just so sad when his heart’s not in it, you know,” Colbert…

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Girls Get Tech. They Just Need Others to Believe It.

Girls Get Tech. They Just Need Others to Believe It. Welcome to In Her Words, where women rule the headlines. Sign up here to get it delivered to your inbox. Let me know what you think at [email protected]. “By teaching our girls to code, we’re not just preparing them to enter the work force — we’re preparing them to lead it.” — Reshma Saujani, the founder of Girls Who Code, a nonprofit that aims to close the gender gap in technology I have six nieces between the ages of 10…

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Ex-Mexico President Vicente Fox Calls Jeff Session a ‘Little Mouse’

Add former president of Mexico’s derogatory “little mouse” moniker to the list of disparaging nicknames dropped on Attorney General Jeff Sessions. The insult came Tuesday during a speech by Vicente Fox at the National Press Club, the Washington Examiner reported. “I call him the little mouse . . . Sessions, because he obeys his boss [President Donald] Trump,” Fox told the press club, speaking in English, the Examiner reported. It is not the first time Sessions has been called a “little mouse,” however. Former federal prosecutor Larry Klayman last August…

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Terrell Owen Talks President Trump’s Disapproval of Players Kneeling During National Anthem

Last night, “Extra’s” Mark Wright caught up with former NFL player Terrell Owen, who weighed in on President Trump and the #TakeTheKnee national anthem controversy. Trump recently slammed NFL players for dropping to one knee during the national anthem. The players were protesting the oppression of people of color. Owen said he would be kneeling, too, adding, “I think it’s unfortunate the way the President has come out.” Basketball coach and former player Derek Fisher shared, “I would support all of my players’ individual rights to express themselves in the…

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‘Confirmed evidence’ US-led coalition supports ISIS & other terrorists in Syria — RT News

TurkishPresident Recep Tayyip Erdogan has actually stated “it’s extremely clear” that the US-led union is sustaining terrorist teams in Syria, Islamic State (IS, additionally called ISIS/ISIL) amongst them. “Theyprovide assistance to terrorist teams consisting of Daesh (Arabicfor IS),” Erdogan stated. Sayingthat the United States have actually implicated Turkey of sustaining IS, talking at an interview on Tuesday the Turkish leader criticized the US-led union for aiding terrorists themselves. Apartfrom IS, he additionally discussed Kurdish People’s Protection Units in north Syria (YPG) and also Democratic Union Party (PYD) as teams sustained…

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