Business

After 25 Years It Was Time To Rebalance NAFTA, Navarro Says

7:47am August 28, 2018

Steve Inskeep talks to Peter Navarro, White House trade policy adviser, about a tentative pact the Trump administration forged with Mexico to update NAFTA. Scott Horsley weighs in on the conversation.

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Canadians Say Trade Fight Has Changed Their View Of The U.S.

7:19am August 28, 2018

by Brian Mann

After reaching a handshake agreement with Mexico to redo NAFTA, President Trump immediately sought to exert pressure on Canada to make concessions in any revised trade deal.

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Twitter Suspends Additional Accounts For 'Coordinated Manipulation'

6:21am August 28, 2018

by Jasmine Garsd

Twitter has found more bogus accounts linked to Iran and suspended 284 for participating in a "coordinated manipulation." Another 486 were taken down in the past week for violating Twitter policies.

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Morning News Brief

5:07am August 28, 2018

The U.S. and Mexico reach an understanding to renegotiate NAFTA. There are primary elections in Arizona and Florida. And, a federal school safety commission holds its final public listening session.

Drew Calver, a high school history teacher and swim coach in Austin, Texas, had a heart attack at his home on April 2, 2017. A neighbor rushed him to the nearby emergency room at St. David's Medical Center, which wasn't in the school district's health pla

Health & Safety

Life-Threatening Heart Attack Leaves Teacher With $108,951 Bill

6:49pm August 27, 2018

by Chad Terhune

An insured Texas teacher, 44, faces a "balance bill" of almost twice his annual salary from an out-of-network hospital's treatment of his sudden heart attack.

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Last year, the Trump administration unveiled its goals for renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement, a deal that reshaped trade between Canada, Mexico and the United States.

U.S. And Mexico Reach Trade Deal; Trump Wants To Drop NAFTA Name

5:43pm August 27, 2018

by John Ydstie

The Trump administration has forged a tentative pact with Mexico on the North American Free Trade Agreement. The next step is to get Canada re-engaged in the talks.

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Economy

The Measure Of A Tragedy

4:06pm August 27, 2018

The Venezuelan economy has collapsed. Years of economic mismanagement and a deepening political crisis have led to a recession. Yet there's one indicator that can capture this economic catastrophe.

The Dry Fork Station coal-fired power plant in Gillette, Wyo., supplies electricity across the West.

Coal Country: EPA Plan Is Short Term Boost, No Solution For Industry Decline

5:00am August 27, 2018

by Cooper McKim

The Trump administration's proposed changes for coal plants could keep some of them operating longer. But even those in the industry say it won't stop coal's overall decline.

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John McCain and Democrat Russ Feingold of Wisconsin co-sponsored a bill that became known as McCain-Feingold.

Politics & Government

McCain Made Campaign Finance Reform A Years-Long Mission

7:00am August 26, 2018

by Peter Overby

"The people whom I serve believe that the means by which I came to office corrupt me. That shames me," the senator said in 1999

Elon Musk in Hawthorne, Calif., on July 22. He announced late Friday that Tesla would remain a publicly traded company.

National

Tesla To Remain Public, Elon Musk Says

2:33am August 25, 2018

by James Doubek

Less than a month after suggesting he might take the electric car maker private, CEO Elon Musk says "most of Tesla's existing shareholders believe we are better off as a public company."