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Saturday, August 24, 2019

The 10 essential reads you missed this week

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The 10 essential reads you missed this week
President Trump on Friday announced plans to increase tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars in Chinese goods in a sweeping response to new duties announced by Beijing.

Here's other important news of the week:
 
Trump spurs new wave of economic angst by escalating China fight
President Trump this week announced he would increase tariffs on more than $500 billion in Chinese goods, marking a new escalation in his trade war with China that has reverberated across the U.S. stock market and global economy, Morgan Chalfant and Brett Samuels report.
 

 
Rising Warren faces uphill climb with black voters
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) faces an uphill climb in winning support from African American voters, say Democratic strategists and other political observers, Amie Parnes writes.
 

 
Polls suggest Sanders may be underestimated
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) may be underestimated in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, according to a flurry of new polling released in recent days, Jonathan Easley and Max Greenwood report.
 

 
Hobbled NRA shows strength with Trump
The National Rifle Association (NRA) may be down, but it’s not out — and the group appears to have been successful in lobbying the most important player in the gun control debate: President Trump, Alex Gangitano and Scott Wong write.
 

 
White House allies on president's wild week: 'It is typical Trump'
White House allies are pushing back at suggestions that President Trump is fixated on a possible recession as he heads into his reelection campaign next year, Brett Samuels and Morgan Chalfant write.
 

 
Soaring deficits could put Trump in a corner if there's a recession
A sea of red ink may make it politically difficult for President Trump and Congress to use the traditional tools for stimulating growth if a recession kicks in sometime next year, Niv Elis reports.
 

 
The Memo: Dangers loom for Trump on immigration
President Trump is ramping up his rhetoric on immigration, but it may not be the political winner he thinks, Niall Stanage writes.
 

 
Pelosi asks Democrats for 'leverage' on impeachment
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) this week suggested that House Democrats should refrain from pushing for President Trump's impeachment, warning that a premature effort to oust the president could undermine her case for doing so down the road, Cristina Marcos and Mike Lillis report.
 

 
Jewish Democrats decry Trump's 'loyalty' remarks
Prominent Jewish Democrats say Trump’s criticism of the very bloc he’s seeking to woo — and his invocation of anti-Semitic tropes as part of that message — will only alienate Jewish voters heading into 2020, Mike Lillis and Scott Wong write.
 

 
Critics fear widespread damage from Trump 'public charge' rule
Experts are warning that the Trump administration’s “public charge” rule linking immigrants’ legal status to their use of public benefits will have far reaching impacts on health care coverage, as well as the country's safety net, Nathaniel Weixel reports.
 
 
 
© Getty: President Trump had an impromptu lunch with  French President Emmanuel Macron before the start of this weekend’s Group of Seven (G-7) summit in Biarritz, France.
 
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