Mark Alfred

5 days ago | notus.org | Mark Alfred

President Donald Trump wants to maintain a 10% tariff on imports from other countries even after trade deals are reached, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Friday. “The president is committed to the 10% baseline tariff, not just for the United Kingdom, but for his trade negotiations with all other countries as well,” Leavitt said during a press conference.

1 week ago | notus.org | Mark Alfred

President Donald Trump suggested he will withdraw his embattled nominee for U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C., Ed Martin. “He’s a terrific person, and he wasn’t getting the support from people that I thought, and he’s done a very good job,” Trump told reporters of Martin in the Oval Office on Thursday.

1 week ago | notus.org | Mark Alfred |Violet Jira

President Donald Trump on Thursday said the United States had reached a trade agreement with the United Kingdom — albeit one that’s not quite finished. “The final details are being written up in the coming weeks,” Trump said at the Oval Office. “We’ll have it all very conclusive, but the actual deal is a very conclusive one.

1 week ago | notus.org | Jasmine Wright |Violet Jira |Mark Alfred

Growing numbers of Americans say they feel uneasy about the state of the economy. The Federal Reserve said this week that “the risks of higher unemployment and higher inflation have risen.” Some economists in the last month have increased their expectations of a recession in the next year. So who’s feeling good about the U.S. economy? The White House.

1 week ago | notus.org | Mark Alfred

Northern California California lawmakers reacted to President Donald Trump’s suggestion that he would reopen Alcatraz with laughter, mockery and, for Democrats, indignation. “It’s another bullshit distraction,” Rep. Salud Carbajal told NOTUS. Trump posted on Sunday evening that he was ordering the refurbishment of Alcatraz, the island prison-turned historic landmark and tourist site off of San Francisco, to again incarcerate “the dregs of society.”