After one year in office, President Trump will deliver his first State of the Union address. Immigration and the economy are expected to take center stage during the night. RNC National Spokesperson Kayleigh McEnany previews what she expects to hear from the president.
All year President Trump has sparred with the media, claiming most publications, except for Fox News, are "Fake News." When asked about President Trump's take on the media, McEnany says, "no doubt the media leans left." She adds that she hopes the media gives his speech a fair shot.
Midterm elections are looming later this year. McEnany says that, despite stories about an uphill battle for the Republican Party, the RNC is "optimistic." She says President Trump has galvanized everyday Americans to donate no matter how small the donation.
The inventor of the nasal spray that can reverse an opioid overdose believes the $570 million judgment against Johnson & Johnson shows that states are taking the crisis "seriously."
On the back of a groundbreaking partnership with data heavyweights Deloitte and Nielsen, cannabis industry intelligence company Headset on Monday announced the launch of its real time analytics tool in the province of Alberta, marking its official debut in the Canadian market. Stakeholders anticipate the data Headset Insights generates ー first in Alberta, and eventually across all of Canada ー will serve as a road map for companies outside of cannabis looking to penetrate the industry, and for Canadian cannabis companies as the market grows more diverse and competitive.
An Oklahoma judge ruled that Johnson & Johnson pay over $570 million in damages — a far cry from the $17 billion requested — for causing the opioid crisis in the Sooner state.
The U.S. president reiterated his position that Russia should be invited back into the coalition of the world's largest economies despite the lingering issue of Russia's occupation of Ukrainian territory.
Speaking from the G7 summit in Biarritz, France, Trump said that Chinese negotiators had called U.S. officials and requested a new round of talks.
Gravy Analytics, a location-based marketing technology company, analyzed the smartphone data of people who attended the 111 solo Democratic presidential candidate events held in June and July.
The trade war between the U.S. and China escalated throughout the day Friday, culminating with President Trump announcing that the U.S. will significantly hike tariffs on nearly all Chinese imports. The decision came in response to China proclaiming earlier in the day that it would hit $75 billion worth of U.S. goods with new retaliatory tariffs.
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Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell on Friday said the U.S. central bank was prepared to take action in the event of a global economic downturn. Powell, however, was tightlipped on whether the Fed would initiate another quarter-point interest rate cut as many investors had hoped.
Read Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's prepared remarks from his speech Friday at the Economic Symposium held in Jackson Hole, Wyo.
