Brandon Drenon
Digital Reporter at BBC
Journalist | BBC News, Washington DC
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bbc.com | Brandon Drenon
Man accused of writing Trump assassination letters was framed, officials sayDepartment of Homeland SecurityA copy of the handwritten letter mailed to Immigration and Customs Enforcement officialsA man accused of writing letters threatening to assassinate US President Donald Trump was framed, investigators say. Ramon Morales-Reyes, a 54-year-old undocumented immigrant, was arrested last week after officials alleged he threatened to shoot Trump. He faces a deportation hearing Wednesday.
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yahoo.com | Brandon Drenon
The city of Tulsa, Oklahoma is preparing to award its black community a $105m (£73.8m) reparations package to address the harms caused by the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, one of the largest and most violent racial attacks in US history. The plan, by Monroe Nichols, Tulsa's first black mayor, focuses on community redevelopment and does not involve direct payments to descendants or the two remaining survivors of the attack.
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yahoo.com | Brandon Drenon
President Donald Trump has announced the US will double its current tariff rate on steel imports from 25% to 50%. Speaking at a rally in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Trump said the move would help boost the local steel industry and the national output, while decreasing reliance on China. Trump also said that $14bn would be invested into the area's steel production through a partnership between US Steel and Japan's Nippon Steel.
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1 week ago |
bbc.com | Brandon Drenon
US to impose 50% tariffs on steel imports, Trump saysBrandon DrenonReutersPresident Donald Trump has announced the US will double its current tariff rate on steel imports from 25% to 50%. Speaking at a rally in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Trump said the move would help boost the local steel industry and the national output, while decreasing reliance on China. Trump also said that $14bn would be invested into the area's steel production through a partnership between US Steel and Japan's Nippon Steel.
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flipboard.com | Brandon Drenon
NowCNN — President Donald Trump announced Friday that he would set tariffs on steel imported into the United States at 50%, double their current rate. At a US Steel facility in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, Trump said he had a “major announcement.” To an applauding crowd of US Steel employees, Trump said …
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The first presidential debate of the election season is tomorrow. I talked to voters in Georgia where the debate will be held to hear their thoughts on the candidates, and their predictions for November. “It’s in God’s hands now.” https://t.co/hR3j8CNATf
@BBC is covering all sides of the Israel-Hamas conflict. In this story, I explored how tens of thousands of Palestinian-American’s lives have changed since Saturday. Checking to see if family in Gaza is alive has become an hourly job. https://t.co/lKXkHGMJn7
Today, police released video of a pregnant black woman shot and killed while sitting in her car, accused of shoplifting. On Sunday, a white man high on crystal meth pointed a loaded shotgun at police officers, was arrested, and sits in jail.