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May Day protesters across US decry Trump policies, call for rule of law

Lawyers, teachers and politicians marched among thousands of demonstrators across the U.S. on Thursday to protest President Donald Trump’s policies on immigration, the targeting of lawyers and judges, and the power of wealthy decision-makers. Jennifer Vasquez Sura, whose husband Kilmar Abrego Garcia is a U.S. resident the administration sent by mistake to a prison in El Salvador, spoke at a Washington rally that was among the protests organized by lawyers’ groups and by a coalition...

IMF slashes global outlook as White House says trade talks pick up pace

WASHINGTON – Worldwide economic output will slow in the months ahead as USUS President Donald Trump’s steep tariffs on virtually all trading partners begin to bite, the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday, as global finance chiefs swarmed Washington seeking deals with Trump’s team to lower the levies. Indeed, the pace of negotiations was brisk, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said, with 18 different countries offering proposals so far and Trump’s trade negotiating team...