Saturday, April 29, 2017

Saturday's Headlines: Slowdown in first quarter gives Trump a reality check on the economy

Trump's abrupt shifts on trade throw allies off balance; President's executive orders pack little punch despite hoopla; A flight carrying 8 Iraqis left America. Now a community wonders who's next.; Half of immigrants arrested in Feb. raids had traffic convictions or no record, data shows; Restaurant industry starts to pay the price for overindulging;
 
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Slowdown in first quarter gives Trump a reality check on the economy
The first official growth estimates of Donald Trump's presidency underscored the challenge of reaching his target of 3 percent economic growth, an expansion he promised on the campaign and is counting to fuel his broader economic agenda.
Trump's abrupt shifts on trade throw allies off balance
Canadian and Mexican officials were blindsided by the president's announcement on NAFTA. By late Wednesday, the crisis had been averted, and all that was left of the plan to withdraw from the agreement was a mood of triumphalism at the White House, and a renewed wave of unease and indignation across America's neighbors.
 
President's executive orders pack little punch despite hoopla
More than half of President Trump's orders merely call for reviews, reports or recommendations. But he has reveled in the symbolic speed and decisiveness they represent, even if his policy aims may not be realized for quite awhile.
 
A flight carrying 8 Iraqis left America. Now a community wonders who's next.
The deportations quietly signaled a major shift in U.S. policy. Chaldean Catholics living in Michigan worry they'll be forced to return to a country they don't know, and some believe they will be persecuted there.
 
Half of immigrants arrested in Feb. raids had traffic convictions or no record, data shows
Records provided by congressional aides offer the most detailed look yet at the individuals rounded up and targeted for deportation by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in raids days after President Trump took office.
 
Restaurant industry starts to pay the price for overindulging
Statistics indicate that restaurant visits in the United States declined in 2016 for the first time in years, which suggests that the supply of eateries has outstripped demand.
 
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North Korea fires another ballistic missile amid international tensions
The missile appears to have exploded in flight, U.S. and South Korean defense officials said, but it shows Kim Jong Un's determination to improve his weapons programs and underscores his defiance of international pressure.
'Peak TV' has been bad news for writers
As the number of ambitious shows has increased, median pay for television writers has slid 23 percent in three years, says one of the unions representing writers who could go on strike as early as Monday unless a new contract is reached.
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Will water become the oil of the Space Age?
As space colonizers such as Elon Musk and Jeffrey P. Bezos aspire to shrink the cost of space travel, interest has picked up among oil states and others in how to power space settlements using water and minerals mined from the heavens.
Teen girls with stones are the new threat in India's Kashmir conflict
In the restive territory, schoolgirls in headscarves and school uniforms have joined forces with male protesters in large numbers for the first time in recent memory.
'We don't know if Otto still exists': Parents of U.S. student imprisoned in North Korea break their silence
After Otto Warmbier was detained in the Hermit Kingdom last year, his family says U.S. officials advised them to remain silent. As tensions rise on the Korean Peninsula, his family has had enough.
EPA website removes climate science site from public view
The Environmental Protection Agency announced Friday evening that its website would be undergoing changes to better represent the new direction the agency is taking, triggering the removal of several agency websites containing detailed climate data and scientific information.
 
     
 
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