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President Donald Trump, left, poses for a photo with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan, Saturday, June 29, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Donald Trump announces new tariffs on China

President Trump said Thursday that he will slap a 10% tariff on $300 billion in Chinese imports Sept. 1 because President Xi Jinping is "not going fast enough" on trade talks, swiftly erasing a day of gains on Wall Street and rattling retailers that say it's U.S. consumers, not Beijing, who will take it on the chin.

August 1, 2019
The U.S. has sanctioned Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif. The move seems certain to increase tensions between the two nations. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

U.S. sanctions Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif

The Trump administration Wednesday pulled the trigger on threatened sanctions against Iran's well-known foreign minister, accusing Mohammad Javad Zarif of spreading propaganda and defending the persecution of his own people.

July 31, 2019
In this Wednesday, July 10, 2019, file photo, President Donald Trump speaks about kidney health, accompanied by Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, left, in Washington. Azar says he and Trump are working on a plan to allow Americans to import lower-priced prescription drugs from Canada. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Donald Trump opens door to drug imports from Canada

The Trump administration opened the door Wednesday to allowing Americans to import drugs from Canada and other foreign markets, reversing long-standing U.S. policy as President Trump searches for ways to make good on his campaign promise to bring down prices.

July 31, 2019
President Donald Trump, left, meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan, Saturday, June 29, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ** FILE **

Donald Trump: China not trustworthy on trade

President Trump tore into China as untrustworthy and an economic failure Tuesday, while his top negotiators were in Shanghai trying to hammer out a trade deal.

July 30, 2019
In this June 22, 2017, file photo, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks at a news conference in Dallas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)

Ken Paxton Obamacare lawsuit creates problems for Republicans

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton led a coalition of Republican-run states last year in filing a lawsuit arguing that without the "individual mandate" penalty, which Congress stripped a year earlier, the rest of the Affordable Care Act couldn't survive constitutional muster.

July 29, 2019
President Donald Trump meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un at the border village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone, South Korea, Sunday, June 30, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) **FILE**

Donald Trump unfazed by N. Korean missile tests

President Trump on Friday downplayed North Korea's decision to test short-range missiles, as the president tries to restart nuclear talks with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un in the wake of his historic meeting at the demilitarized zone last month.

July 26, 2019