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| Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Friday that he has sent his foreign secretary to Washington to try to negotiate a solution after Donald Trump announced 5% tariffs on the country’s goods, NPR reports. | |
| Mexico's President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said at his daily news conference this morning that he has sent his foreign secretary to Washington to try to negotiate a solution after President Trump's latest tariff announcement. https://t.co/rivhTB3YwG | |
| “We must understand what is happening in the US now but we must be prudent and act with a warm heart and cold blood, “ López Obrador said. “We want a truce but the homeland is first. “ | |
| A federal appeals court has agreed to expedite Donald Trump’s appeal of a ruling allowing a bank to hand over his financial records to the House of Representatives. | |
| The Second Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday granted the request to fast track the case, the Hill reports. Trump is appealing a ruling by a judge last week who declined to block Deutsche Bank and Capital One from handing over records in response to a subpoena from House Democrats. | |
| Only 11 employers were prosecuted for hiring undocumented immigrants in the year that ended in March, the New York Times reports. The data suggests the Trump administration has not made going after employers a priority, even as it pursues hard-line policies on immigration. | |
| During the same 12-month period, more than 112,000 individuals were prosecuted for illegal entry or re-entry into the US, according to data obtained under the Freedom of Information Act by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse at Syracuse University. “Not only are few employers prosecuted, fewer who are convicted receive sentences that amount to more than token punishment,” TRAC told the Times. | |
| Donald Trump’s golf courses have been caught employing unauthorized immigrants, many of whom have since been fired, but never faced any legal consequences. | |
| Donald Trump is defending his plan for tariffs on Mexican goods. | Donald Trump is defending his plan for tariffs on Mexican goods. |
| Mexico has taken advantage of the United States for decades. Because of the Dems, our Immigration Laws are BAD. Mexico makes a FORTUNE from the U.S., have for decades, they can easily fix this problem. Time for them to finally do what must be done! | Mexico has taken advantage of the United States for decades. Because of the Dems, our Immigration Laws are BAD. Mexico makes a FORTUNE from the U.S., have for decades, they can easily fix this problem. Time for them to finally do what must be done! |
| Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan insisted Friday that the military would remain apolitical, after news emerged that the USS John McCain was hidden from Donald Trump’s sight during a trip to Japan. | Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan insisted Friday that the military would remain apolitical, after news emerged that the USS John McCain was hidden from Donald Trump’s sight during a trip to Japan. |
| “Our business is to run military operations and not to become politicized,” Shanahan said in Singapore, CNN reports. “I’ll wait until I get a full explanation of the facts before I pass judgment on the situation, but our job is to run the military.” | “Our business is to run military operations and not to become politicized,” Shanahan said in Singapore, CNN reports. “I’ll wait until I get a full explanation of the facts before I pass judgment on the situation, but our job is to run the military.” |
| US stock futures and global stock markets tanked Friday after Donald Trump announced plans for a 5% tariff on Mexican imports. | US stock futures and global stock markets tanked Friday after Donald Trump announced plans for a 5% tariff on Mexican imports. |
| CNN reports on the damage: | CNN reports on the damage: |
| Japan’s Nikkei (N225) slumped 1.6%, while South Korea’s KOSPI (KOSPI) was mostly flat. Markets in Europe also opened lower. Britain’s FTSE 100 index fell 0.8%. Stocks in Germany shed 1.3%, and in Francethey dipped 1%. | Japan’s Nikkei (N225) slumped 1.6%, while South Korea’s KOSPI (KOSPI) was mostly flat. Markets in Europe also opened lower. Britain’s FTSE 100 index fell 0.8%. Stocks in Germany shed 1.3%, and in Francethey dipped 1%. |
| Stock futures indicated that those losses would extend to the United States. The Dow is poised to fall 230 points, or 0.9%, when markets open. The S&P 500 is tracking similar losses, while the Nasdaq could drop 1.1%. | Stock futures indicated that those losses would extend to the United States. The Dow is poised to fall 230 points, or 0.9%, when markets open. The S&P 500 is tracking similar losses, while the Nasdaq could drop 1.1%. |
| Washington governor and presidential candidate Jay Inslee released an immigration plan Friday that calls for a large increase in refugees admitted to the US. Inslee has centered his Democratic primary bid on climate change, and this is his first major police proposal on another issue. | Washington governor and presidential candidate Jay Inslee released an immigration plan Friday that calls for a large increase in refugees admitted to the US. Inslee has centered his Democratic primary bid on climate change, and this is his first major police proposal on another issue. |
| CNN reports that it calls for letting at least 110,000 refugees into the country each year. Donald Trump has capped the number at 30,000. | CNN reports that it calls for letting at least 110,000 refugees into the country each year. Donald Trump has capped the number at 30,000. |
| He also proposes addressing “climate migration,” and increasing aid to Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador to help those countries tackle the problems, climate-related and otherwise, that have caused a flood of migrants to leave for the US. | He also proposes addressing “climate migration,” and increasing aid to Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador to help those countries tackle the problems, climate-related and otherwise, that have caused a flood of migrants to leave for the US. |
| World leaders will gather in solemn assembly next week above the sandy beaches of Normandy to mark the 75th anniversary of the world-changing D-Day invasion of France. It’s typically a heartfelt tribute to alliance and sacrifice and a unified vow for enduring unity, outweighing any national or political skirmish of the moment - but Donald Trump could change all that, the Associated Press reports: | World leaders will gather in solemn assembly next week above the sandy beaches of Normandy to mark the 75th anniversary of the world-changing D-Day invasion of France. It’s typically a heartfelt tribute to alliance and sacrifice and a unified vow for enduring unity, outweighing any national or political skirmish of the moment - but Donald Trump could change all that, the Associated Press reports: |
| That’s what has some U.S. veterans and others worried about President Donald Trump’s attendance. The president has shown a repeated willingness to inject nationalistic rhetoric and political partisanship into moments once aimed at unity. For Trump, there is no water’s edge for politics, no veneer of nonpartisanship around military or national security matters. | That’s what has some U.S. veterans and others worried about President Donald Trump’s attendance. The president has shown a repeated willingness to inject nationalistic rhetoric and political partisanship into moments once aimed at unity. For Trump, there is no water’s edge for politics, no veneer of nonpartisanship around military or national security matters. |
| The president, who did not serve in the military before becoming commander in chief, has feuded with Gold Star families, blasted political opponents on foreign soil, and mocked Sen. John McCain, a prisoner of war, for being captured by the enemy. Trump’s antipathy for the late senator was so well known that the White House this week requested that the Navy keep the USS McCain out of the president’s line of sight during a recent trip to Japan, so as not to rile the president. | The president, who did not serve in the military before becoming commander in chief, has feuded with Gold Star families, blasted political opponents on foreign soil, and mocked Sen. John McCain, a prisoner of war, for being captured by the enemy. Trump’s antipathy for the late senator was so well known that the White House this week requested that the Navy keep the USS McCain out of the president’s line of sight during a recent trip to Japan, so as not to rile the president. |
| It’s a pattern that is set to get more scrutiny in coming days, as Trump heads overseas for the D-Day memorial where he will be joined at the service by, among others, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat whom he has called “crazy Nancy” and warned not to try to impeach him. | It’s a pattern that is set to get more scrutiny in coming days, as Trump heads overseas for the D-Day memorial where he will be joined at the service by, among others, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat whom he has called “crazy Nancy” and warned not to try to impeach him. |
| “It’s unfortunate we have to be even concerned that this historic commemoration will be overly politicized, but this is the command climate he’s created and the reality we have,” said Paul Rieckhoff, founder and former head of the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America. “We have to send our president. You go with the president we’ve got, and this is the president we’ve got. So we’re rightfully holding our breath for an event like this.” | “It’s unfortunate we have to be even concerned that this historic commemoration will be overly politicized, but this is the command climate he’s created and the reality we have,” said Paul Rieckhoff, founder and former head of the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America. “We have to send our president. You go with the president we’ve got, and this is the president we’ve got. So we’re rightfully holding our breath for an event like this.” |
| NEW: Next week, the world will mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day, the likely last significant commemoration the heroes of that invasion will witness. America’s representative on that solemn day will be Donald Trump. And that worries some veterans: https://t.co/9u6sSYscaE | NEW: Next week, the world will mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day, the likely last significant commemoration the heroes of that invasion will witness. America’s representative on that solemn day will be Donald Trump. And that worries some veterans: https://t.co/9u6sSYscaE |
| Senator Elizabeth Warren said Friday that if elected president, she’ll push legislation to reverse the policy that a sitting president may not be charged with a crime. | Senator Elizabeth Warren said Friday that if elected president, she’ll push legislation to reverse the policy that a sitting president may not be charged with a crime. |
| “I’ve got a plan to make sure that no President is above the law,” she wrote in a post on Medium. | “I’ve got a plan to make sure that no President is above the law,” she wrote in a post on Medium. |
| “Congress should make it clear that presidents can be indicted for criminal activity, including obstruction of justice. And when I’m president, I’ll appoint justice department officials who will reverse flawed policies so no president is shielded from criminal accountability.” | “Congress should make it clear that presidents can be indicted for criminal activity, including obstruction of justice. And when I’m president, I’ll appoint justice department officials who will reverse flawed policies so no president is shielded from criminal accountability.” |
| The justice department’s longstanding policy says that a sitting president cannot be indicted, though there is no law explicitly prohibiting such criminal charges. Special counsel Robert Mueller has cited the policy as part of his rationale for not concluding whether Donald Trump committed obstruction of justice. | The justice department’s longstanding policy says that a sitting president cannot be indicted, though there is no law explicitly prohibiting such criminal charges. Special counsel Robert Mueller has cited the policy as part of his rationale for not concluding whether Donald Trump committed obstruction of justice. |
| “If Donald Trump were anyone other than the President of the United States right now, he would be in handcuffs and indicted,” Warren wrote. | “If Donald Trump were anyone other than the President of the United States right now, he would be in handcuffs and indicted,” Warren wrote. |
| The attorney general William Barr said he disagrees with the “legal analysis” in special counsel Robert Mueller’s report – and he’s apparently unconcerned about the beating his reputation is taking because he’s got an eye on his own mortality. | The attorney general William Barr said he disagrees with the “legal analysis” in special counsel Robert Mueller’s report – and he’s apparently unconcerned about the beating his reputation is taking because he’s got an eye on his own mortality. |
| “We didn’t agree with the legal analysis, a lot of the legal analysis in the report. It did not reflect the views of the department,” Barr told CBS News in an interview that aired Friday morning. | “We didn’t agree with the legal analysis, a lot of the legal analysis in the report. It did not reflect the views of the department,” Barr told CBS News in an interview that aired Friday morning. |
| Mueller’s report detailed a number of instances in which Donald Trump may have obstructed justice, but chose not to reach a conclusion about whether or not he was guilty of the crime. He made a point of saying he was not exonerating Trump. “If we had had confidence that the president clearly did not commit a crime, we would have said so,” Mueller said this week. | Mueller’s report detailed a number of instances in which Donald Trump may have obstructed justice, but chose not to reach a conclusion about whether or not he was guilty of the crime. He made a point of saying he was not exonerating Trump. “If we had had confidence that the president clearly did not commit a crime, we would have said so,” Mueller said this week. |
| Barr, acting on his own, issued the conclusion that Trump did not commit obstruction of justice. | Barr, acting on his own, issued the conclusion that Trump did not commit obstruction of justice. |
| “We applied what we thought was the right law,” Barr said in the CBS interview. “I was trying to state the bottom line.” | “We applied what we thought was the right law,” Barr said in the CBS interview. “I was trying to state the bottom line.” |
| The AG also said he was unfazed by attacks on his handling of the report, by critics who say he has misled the public and prioritized protecting Trump over the integrity of the investigation. | The AG also said he was unfazed by attacks on his handling of the report, by critics who say he has misled the public and prioritized protecting Trump over the integrity of the investigation. |
| “Everyone dies and I am not, you know, I don't believe in the Homeric idea that you know, immortality comes by, you know, having odes sung about you over the centuries, you know?" https://t.co/hAMvpNZQj8 | “Everyone dies and I am not, you know, I don't believe in the Homeric idea that you know, immortality comes by, you know, having odes sung about you over the centuries, you know?" https://t.co/hAMvpNZQj8 |
| “I am at the end of my career,” Barr told CBS. “Everyone dies and I am not, you know, I don’t believe in the Homeric idea that you know, immortality comes by, you know, having odes sung about you over the centuries, you know?” | “I am at the end of my career,” Barr told CBS. “Everyone dies and I am not, you know, I don’t believe in the Homeric idea that you know, immortality comes by, you know, having odes sung about you over the centuries, you know?” |
| You can read the full interview transcript here. | You can read the full interview transcript here. |