EU threatens to blow up trade deal over Trump’s plans for Greenland
By By Brett Rowland (The Center Square) – A top European official said President Donald Trump’s comments could sink a trade deal between the U.S. and the 27-nation European Union. Manfred Weber, president of the European People’s Party, the largest political party in the EU, said the party wouldn’t back a deal with the U.S.
Trump Says Time For ‘New Leadership’ in Iran Amid Deadly Protest Crackdown
By RFE/RL’s Radio Farda US President Donald Trump said it was time for new leaders to take control in Iran after tens of thousands of protesters have taken to the streets in the country, presenting the Islamic republic with one of the most serious threats to its legitimacy since the 1979 revolution. “It’s time to look
Rodríguez Touts US ‘Energy Cooperation,’ Diplomacy in Address to the Nation
By Jessica Dos Santos Venezuelan Acting President Delcy Rodríguez expressed her willingness to “continue shaping energy cooperation” with the United States while “respecting international legality.” Rodríguez delivered the “Memoria y Cuenta” address to the nation before the National Assembly on Thursday, having taken office following the January 3 US military attacks and kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro and First
US Education Department delays plan to garnish wages of student borrowers in default
By: Shauneen Miranda WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Education, for now, is backtracking on plans to garnish wages and seize tax refunds of student loan borrowers in default, the department announced Friday. Less than a month after the agency said it would begin garnishing wages by sending notices to roughly 1,000 borrowers in default the
Trump rolls out framework on health care costs that’s silent on ACA tax credits
By:Jennifer Shutt WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump outlined his health care proposals to Congress on Thursday, asking lawmakers to approve several broad policy changes “without delay” — but left out any mention of enhanced tax credits whose expiration has left some Americans with skyrocketing costs. Health care costs, especially the rising price of health insurance,
