WASHINGTON — The United States and Canada reached a last-minute deal to salvage the North American Free Trade Agreement on Sunday, overcoming deep divisions to keep the 25-year-old trilateral pact intact. The deal came after a weekend of frantic talks to try and preserve a trade agreement that has stitched together the economies of Mexico,…
Image copyright AFP Image caption Relations between US President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have occasionally been fraught The US and Canada have reached a new trade deal, along with Mexico, to replace the current North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta).The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) gives the US greater access to Canada's…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic U.S. senators expressed concern on Sunday over reports the White House was working with Republicans to narrow the scope of an FBI investigation into sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. President Donald Trump bowed to pressure from moderate Senate Republicans on Friday and ordered the probe after Christine…
A steady trickle of revelations over the weekend indicates that the FBI's supplemental background check into Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is much more limited than previously known. The original parameters, Republican lawmakers said, were that the inquiry should be constrained to "current credible" allegations against Kavanaugh and that it should be completed within one…
The bureau will investigate aspects of the allegations made by Dr. Blasey, Ms. Swetnick and a third woman, Deborah Ramirez. She has said Judge Kavanaugh exposed himself to her during their freshman year at Yale. Ms. Ramirez’s lawyer, John Clune, said on Saturday that the F.B.I. had “reached out to interview Ms. Ramirez, and she…
SENATOR Jeff Flake is a harsh critic of President Donald Trump. He also votes for the president's agenda most of the time. On September 27th, one day after Christine Blasey Ford told the Senate Judiciary Committee that she was “100% certain” Brett Kavanaugh, Mr Trump’s pick for the Supreme Court, had sexually assaulted her when…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The attorney for the second woman to accuse Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct said on Saturday that FBI agents assigned to investigate the allegations have contacted her. The announcement by Deborah Ramirez’s lawyer John Clune indicates that the FBI probe of Kavanaugh, ordered by U.S. President Donald Trump on…
On how she was “sure” it was Judge Kavanaugh, and not another person, who attacked her on that night all those years ago, she replied that it was “the way that I’m sure that I’m talking to you right now — it’s just basic memory functions,” including “the level of norepinephrine and epinephrine” that “codes…
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Brett Kavanaugh and his accuser Christine Blasey Ford both gave evidence on Thursday President Donald Trump has ordered an FBI investigation into sexual misconduct allegations against his nominee for the US Supreme Court.A Senate committee earlier voted to approve Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the top US court.But a Republican…
In Portland, Robert McCullough, an energy economist who describes himself as a “liberal Republican,” was struck by Judge Kavanaugh’s emotional tone as he pilloried Democrats on the committee and cried as he talked about how the charges had affected his family and children. “For an experienced judge to issue such a tirade is very unusual,”…