President Donald Trump reversed course this week after excluding certain Brazilian goods from his so-called reciprocal tariffs, a reversal that left one economist stunned on Saturday over what he called a "remarkable admission." "'I tried a policy, and oh, everyone tells me I want the cost of living to be lower, let me reverse it,'" said economist Justin Wolfers, appearing on CNN's "Table for Five" on Saturday. "The only implication is that he's learned what [we] learned in Econ 101: tariffs raise prices!" Trump had initially levied high tariffs on Brazil in part over its prosecution of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who has since been sentenced to nearly three decades in prison over his role in an attempted coup after his election loss in 2023. read more
Jair Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after being determined a "concrete flight risk" while under house arrest. The former Brazilian president was found guilty of plotting a military coup in September and sentenced to more than 27 years in prison, but he remains under house arrest pending appeals. Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes said the move to detain the 70-year-old was a preventative measure after "new facts" came to light. This included attempting to break his ankle monitor and a call for a public vigil that could "allow for a possible escape". In a filing authorising the arrest, Justice Moraes said information from the centre monitoring Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the former president's "intention to break the electronic ankle bracelet to ensure success in his escape".
The widow of Jamal Khashoggi on Friday joined Democratic members of Congress in urging President Donald Trump to release the transcript of a phone conversation between the US leader and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman following the journalist's 2018 kidnapping and gruesome murder by Saudi operatives. Speaking outside the US Capitol in Washington, DC flanked by Democratic members of Congress including Reps. Eugene Vindman of Virginia and Jamie Raskin of Maryland, Hanan Elatr Khashoggi said she is seeking the lawmakers' help "to get the contents of the conversation between President Trump and MBS to get the truth." Vindman urged the declassification and release of what he called a "highly disturbing" 2019 call between Trump and MBS"who US intelligence agencies say ordered Khashoggi's murder"the contents of which the congressman claimed "would shock people if they knew what was said."
A planned GOP rally in northeastern Pennsylvania imploded after the venue, facing fierce community outrage over Kyle Rittenhouse's keynote slot, abruptly shut the whole thing down. read more
Saudi Arabia's leader on Tuesday downplayed the kingdom's role in the 9/11 attacks. But an ongoing federal court case is revealing new details about Saudi officials' alleged ties to the terror plot ... read more
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