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to the U.S. from China.
He wrapped up his state visit there today with a final meeting with President Xi.
White House officials say there is some movement within China to allow American beef producers to start selling their products to China again.
“And beer's chamber key says Trump claims, "China is going to buy more Boeing aircraft”
and American soybeans." China has made purchase commitments in the past only to fall short. The bigger picture here, though, is that a year ago, there was a raging and destructive trade war between the two nations. Last fall, Trump and Xi got together and brought things to something of a truce.
And this visit further stabilizes that. "And beer is tamer key than Beijing. No specific details of any potential sales have been announced, so the size of any Chinese purchases of U.S. soybeans or beef," he's not known. The director of the CIA has wrapped up a visit to Havana.
He talked about intelligence cooperation between the U.S. and Cuba. And beer's aid of parole to says the talks were underscored by elevated tension between the two countries. "In a statement, the Cuban government says the CIA director John Radcliffe flew to Havana
“with a delegation to meet with his counterpart at the Ministry of the Interior.”
As part of the political dialogue, the Cuban government says it demonstrated that Cuba poses no threat to the United States. It insists Cuba does not have any quote foreign military or intelligence bases on its territory,
and it has never supported any hostile activity against the U.S.
The visit comes as the situation on the island to become critical. Protesters took to the street across Zavanna, Wednesday night, and Cuba's energy minister says they have run out of fuel, meaning blackouts are likely to continue across the country. In a product of an impure news, Mexico City." Some rights groups in the U.S. say they're more optimistic about their chances to overturn
regional bans on AR-15 rifles. They note that the Justice Department has taken up that cause. And PR's Martin Costi reports that the Justice Department is now framing this matter as a civil rights issue. Groups like gun owners of America have welcomed the DOJ's recent creation of a second
“amendment section inside its civil rights division, which is now suing the City of Denver”
for restricting access to firearms such as AR-15s. On the gun control side, Adam Skagg, of Gifford's Law Center, says the DOJ may boost efforts to roll back such restrictions. The resources and the credibility to the extent DOJ is retaining credibility of the government are significant.
The Supreme Court has not yet agreed to review the legality of local bans on some a automatic rifles, but a few cases are reportedly under consideration, Martin Costi and PR News. Unwell-street in pre-market trading down futures are lowered down more than 300 points. This is NPR. President Trump told Fox News that Iran needs to pick between making a deal with the U.S.
or "get annihilated." Oil prices have been rising on this news. The benchmark Brent Crude is trading at $18 a barrel. That is significantly higher than before the war started. The motoring club Triple A says the average cost nationally of a gallon of regular gas
is now $4.53. That's more than a buck-50 higher than before the war started. Schools across the U.S. are waiting for new federal nutrition standards that could change how they prepare food for students. The agriculture department is updating its rules based on the Trump administration's
new national dietary guidelines, and PR Arts Joe Hernandez explains. Those guidelines announced by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and other top-trump officials, urged Americans to avoid highly processed foods and prioritize protein at every meal. Yet school cafeteria's often rely on pre-made food to feed students and protein is usually
a district's most expensive ingredient. School nutrition directors say the new standards will have to account for the fact that many districts are already working with tight budgets. The USDA has not yet released the new standards, and when they do, they'll be subject to a public comment period.
The national school lunch program fed some $30 million children last year. Joe Hernandez and PR News
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