Anna Moneymaker

1 week ago | miamiherald.com | Anna Moneymaker

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court backed a 2019 federal law Friday meant to allow lawsuits against the Palestine Liberation Organization and Palestinian Authority for damages from terror attacks. Congress passed the law stating the two organizations could be subject to lawsuits in the United States for activities such as processing payments for the families of individuals who attacked Americans or maintaining an office in New York.

1 week ago | miamiherald.com | Anna Moneymaker

Canada has opened the door to increasing its tariffs on U.S. steel and aluminum next month if trade talks with the Trump administration stall. The government "will adjust its existing counter-tariffs on steel and aluminium products on July 21, to levels consistent with progress that has been made in the broader trading arrangement with the United States," according to a statement Thursday.

1 week ago | miamiherald.com | Anna Moneymaker

The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday said California's so-called sanctuary law that puts limits on local law enforcement assisting federal immigration officials is unconstitutional, filing a statement of interest in Huntington Beach's lawsuit attempting to overturn the state law. "California's existing state law is designed to interfere with local jurisdictions that want to carry out immigration enforcement," Attorney General Pamela Bondi said in a news release.

1 week ago | bloomberglinea.com | Anna Moneymaker

Una oposición eficaz a las políticas comerciales del presidente Donald Trump todavía no ha salido a la palestra. Los partidarios del comercio de la vieja escuela se mantienen al margen, consolándose tal vez con que el giro proteccionista se revertirá una vez que los costos sean más evidentes. Seamos pacientes, nos decimos: esto también pasará. ¿Pasará? No dudo de que las políticas fracasarán. Sin embargo, por sí solo, eso no restaurará la era anterior a Trump.

1 week ago | miamiherald.com | Anna Moneymaker

WASHINGTON - Joseph D. Morelle has fielded a torrent of calls in the days since one Minnesota legislator and her husband were shot and killed, and another and his wife were seriously injured. The highest-ranking Democrat on the House Administration Committee said he's been in touch with the Capitol Police and sergeant-at-arms, as well as members of Congress who are shaken by the events. "I think people are concerned and there's some anxiety," Morelle said.