On Monday’s show: The Trump administration plans to quadruple Argentine beef imports, drawing sharp criticism from U.S. cattle producers and Texas Ag Commissioner Sid Miller. But he’s got an alternative plan. And we discuss some opportunities and challenges facing Houston’s East End neighborhood.
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The president arrives shortly in Japan, then heads for South Korea, where he’s slated to meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. Mr. Trump says he expects to reach a trade agreement with China.
Zohran Mamdani, the front-runner for mayor of New York City, has built his lead in part by relying on a huge ground-game operation.
Tanzania goes to vote in elections set to keep the same party in power for 7 decades
President Donald Trump made progress toward ending the United States’s trade war with China and inked several other agreements with Asian countries on Sunday. Trump is set to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday in the likely climax of the trade expedition. The president felt that a deal was close between the U. S. [.].
Russia says more than 80 people detained for questioning after Moscow street fight
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has successfully recruited prized political heavyweights in key battlegrounds, but left-wing insurgents are threatening to dash his plans to create a competitive midterm map for Democrats. The toss-up Maine Senate race is perhaps ground zero for the ideological, and in some cases generational, clash, with embattled first-time candidate Graham [.].
Kurdish PKK announces it’s withdrawing fighters from Turkiye to Iraq
As the federal shutdown approaches the one-month mark, there’s no end in sight. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is still sticking to his guns on the already House-passed continuing resolution, and the Senate gaveled out for the weekend on Thursday without bothering with another vote on it. Even if it seemed a deal might materialize […]
The post Trump Nominates Michael Selig as New CFTC Chair appeared first S. President Donald Trump has chosen Michael Selig as the chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), according to Bloomberg reports on Friday. This replaces his previous nominee, Brian Quintez, after pressure from Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, founders of Gemini. Selig As the New CFTC Chair Selig currently serves as chief counsel for the.