Ottawa and Washington head for all-out trade war

Roberto Machado Noa | Lightrocket | Getty Images The Canadian dollar fell on Monday morning after trade talks between Ottawa and Washington fell apart, leaving both sides facing higher prices on a wide array of imported goods. The U.S. on Saturday slapped 50% tariffs on around $20 billion worth of imports from Canada, its second-biggest…

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Ocasio-Cortez knocks Vance Board of Peace joke

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) rebuked Vice President Vance for silence after he tried to scold her during President Trump’s inaugural Gaza Board of Peace meeting on Thursday in Washington. Vance thanked Trump for his leadership before joking about Ocasio-Cortez after she appeared to stumble in a response to his… Source link

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Burchett predicts stock trading bill will disappear in Senate’s ‘great abyss’

Representative Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) said Sunday that he is pessimistic about bipartisan pressure for Congress to make a stock trading ban become a reality, describing the issue as “the fox guarding the henhouse.” “We’re not going to pass anything,” Burchett said during an appearance on John Catsimatidis’ radio show, “Cat’s Roundtable” on WABC 770 AM….

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