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Saudi Arabia stares down Trump whiplash on nuclear deal

Saudi Arabia is sending no signals it will accept President Trump’s after-the-fact condition that Riyadh establish ties with Israel as part of a nuclear energy deal with the United States. In fact, its leaders haven’t even conceded that the deal signed last week is off.  Normalization between Israel and Saudi Arabia was long a central

Canada tariff fight hands Democrats cudgel in Michigan midterm races

Escalating trade tensions between the U.S. and Canada could play into Democratic messaging around the economy, particularly in the battleground state of Michigan, which has some of the highest cross-border trade of any state. President Trump slapped an additional 50 percent tariff on Canada, accusing the country of “discriminatory” trade practices last week. The president