Opinion | The scare of a recession calls for exactly what Trump can’t provide

PREVIOUSLY OBSCURE to all but market mavens, the relationship between interest rates on long-term government debt instruments and short-term ones took center stage in American life last week. Bond markets experienced an inverted yield curve, in which short-te…
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Opinion | How the Navy could be torpedoing Trump’s chances in 2020

Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin were the most surprising states that turned from supporting President Barack Obama in 2012 to voting for Donald Trump in 2016, and they were critical to putting him in the White House. The 2020 election is looking very muc…
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Analysis | Siding with Trump could hurt Israel’s long-term relations with U.S.

President Trumps position on Israels treatment of two Democratic congresswomen may win him points with his base. But his political ploy could ultimately result in greater tension between the United States and its greatest ally in the Middle East. Israel says…
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Portland ‘ground zero’ for protests between right, left-wing

PORTLAND, Ore. Hundreds of far-right protesters and anti-fascist counter-demonstrators swarmed downtown Portland, Oregon, on Saturday for a long-hyped rally that attracted President Donald Trumps attention and resulted in at least 13 arrests. Police seized m…
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Kudlow says White House is ‘looking at’ trying to buy Greenland

White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow on Sunday confirmed that the Trump administration is exploring trying to buy the country of Greenland, noting that the self-governing country is a strategic place that is rich in minerals. Its developing. Were lookin…
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Gibraltar rejects U.S. request to seize Iranian oil tanker

BEIRUT A U.S. attempt to seize an Iranian oil tanker was rejected by a Gibraltar court on Sunday, paving the way for the ship to resume its journey in the Mediterranean under the Iranian flag and with a new name. The Grace 1 supertanker, now renamed the Adr…
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Bomb rips through wedding in Kabul

Image copyrightEPAImage caption Afghan health workers carry a wounded man into the hospital after the attack An explosion has ripped through a wedding hall in the Afghan capital, Kabul, and many casualties are feared. Eye witnesses told the BBC a suicide…
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Obituary for an Icelandic glacier

Image copyrightRice University/Dominic Boyer/Cymene HoweImage caption The plaque commemorates Okjokull, which once sat atop Ok volcano - "jokull" is Icelandic for glacier Mourners gather in Iceland on Sunday to commemorate the loss of Okjokull, which has d…
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Paris waiter ‘shot dead over slow service’

Image copyrightAFPImage caption The waiter died at the scene despite attempts to save him A waiter in Paris has been shot dead by a customer who was reportedly angry because his sandwich wasn't prepared quickly enough. Police say a murder investigation ha…
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