If some prediction-market traders and prominent admirers are right, the Canadian prime minister could end the year with the Nobel Peace Prize and Time magazine's Person of the Year. read more
The White House denied a report last week that it was planning a 90-day ban on diesel exports. read more
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Journalists, analysts and politicians were left floored Wednesday after Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general and GOP Senate nominee, became the latest prominent Republican to criticize President Donald Trump or his midterm strategies. "Rats jumping off a sinking ship," quipped Jaime Harrison, former chair of the Democratic National Committee. The New York Times obtained and reported on secretly recorded audio Wednesday that exposed Paxton for badmouthing Trump's GOP midterm convention held earlier this month, bemoaning that "everybody's numbers dropped" after the event, describing it as "not good." read more
President Donald Trump dropped his final challenge to the $5.6 million payout to writer E. Jean Carroll ... read more
Decline in tourism hits US economy
"We're the only major country in the world losing visitation," the head of the US Travel Association said. "It's mind-boggling."
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