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Apparently afraid that Vogue’s latest propagandistic issue hailing Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris wasn’t sycophantic enough, on Monday, ABC’s Good Morning America and CBS This Morning both channeled leftists on social media accusing the fashion magazine of being “disrespectful” and even “racist” because the cover photo of the Democrat was deemed to be less than flattering. “Vogue under fire. Their new cover of Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris leaked over the weekend. Why so many are saying it disrespects the Vice President-Elect,” co-host Amy Robach ridiculously teased at the top of GMA’s 8:00 a.m. ET hour. Minutes later, correspondent Janai Norman claimed...

Minxin Pei With the imposition of 25% tariffs on $68 billion worth of their merchandise trade ($34 billion of exports each), the U.S. and China have fired the first salvos of their trade war. If one were to borrow a military analogy, the first round of the U.S.-China trade war is either a skirmish or a probing attack, as the amount of the two-way merchandise trade affected by the tariffs is about only 10% of the total U.S.-China trade. But everyone knows that the main battle will be joined soon. Besides the additional $32 billion merchandise trade targeted for punitive...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress on Tuesday overturned a court decision and reaffirmed that the government has the right to impose higher tariffs on goods from China and other state-run economies that subsidize their exports to the United States. The House voted 370-39 to pass the measure and send it to President Barack Obama for his signature. The Senate approved it Monday on a voice vote with no debate. "By passing this law, Congress has taken a clear stand against the unfair trade practices that have put countless American jobs in jeopardy," Vice President Joe Biden said in a statement. The...

Leading Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said on Wednesday that New Jersey Governor Chris Christie would be on his short list for vice presidential running mate if he won the Republican presidential nomination. A day after Romney won Christie's endorsement, the former Massachusetts governor appeared alongside Christie for an interview with NBC's "Today" show and said they were "great friends." "We agree on a whole host of issues," Romney said. "We've spent time together over the last year getting to know each other better. I've asked for his counsel on policy matters and so I think we're pretty sympathetic on...