WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has visited Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for what he calls a “semiannual physical.” Trump left the White House around 10:45 a.m. Friday and returned to the grounds at 2:15 p.m., slightly ahead of schedule. Trump did not answer questions from reporters upon his arrival. The White House…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he hasn’t canceled a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping planned for late October in South Korea after earlier expressing anger about export controls China has placed on rare earths. Asked if he had backed out, Trump said, “I haven’t canceled.” Trump has also threatened an additional 100%…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — Mass firings of federal workers have begun. That was the announcement Friday from the White House as Republicans worked to exert more pressure on Democratic lawmakers to end the government shutdown. In a court filing, the budget office said well over 4,000 employees would be fired, though it noted that the funding…… MORE
Postal traffic to the U.S. remains down about 70% five weeks after the end of the “de minimis” exemption. The United Nations postal agency reported this on Friday. The exemption had spared low-value packages from duties and taxes. Since the U.S. ended the tariff exemption for packages worth less than $800, confusion has reigned. In…… MORE
NEW YORK (AP) — Federal regulators have opened yet another investigation into Tesla’s so-called full-self driving technology after dozens of incidents in which the electric vehicle maker’s cars ran red lights or drove on the wrong side of the road, sometimes crashing into other vehicles and endangering drivers. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said…… MORE