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His latest comments raise questions as to how far the President's authority goes under a 1977 law
President Donald Trump claimed he has the "absolute right" to "order" US companies to stop doing business with China that would involve using his broad executive authority in a new and unprecedented way under a 1977 law.
Analysis: Trump can't just 'hereby order' whatever he wants
President Donald Trump has a lot of power to make things happen in this country. He can move economic markets with a single tweet. He can destroy a Republican's political career on a whim (see "Flake, Jeff"). He can declare national emergencies -- even if they aren't actual national emergencies.
Economist: Nothing like this has ever happened in US history
Austan Goolsbee, the former chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under President Obama, reacts to President Trump's tweet asking if Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell or Chinese President Xi Jinping is the bigger enemy to America.
Trump threatens to raise tariffs on Chinese goods to 30%
President Donald Trump on Friday counterpunched against retaliatory tariffs announced by Beijing earlier in the day, pledging to hike the rates importers must pay on Chinese-made goods even higher.
Opinion: Call him King Trump
There are countries that have endured unhinged leaders before. I'm thinking of Britain during the reign of King George III, whose years of delusion were depicted in the 1994 film "The Madness of King George." Our current civic stress test in the United States is coming courtesy of a President whose narcissistic impulses seem to be getting worse. Two recent days crystallized those concerns.
Sciutto: Trump joked as the market went down the tubes
CNN's Jim Sciutto reviews a day in which the stock market plunged after a series of tweets by President Trump.
Trump arrives for G7 as global disputes threaten unity
As the global economy shudders, the Middle East boils and the Amazon rainforest burns, world leaders are convening on France's Atlantic coast for a weekend of talks few believe can solve any of it.
A Mexican and an American successfully crossed the Mexico-US border hundreds of feet in the air
As politicians on Capitol Hill clashed over immigration, Corbin Kunst had a different struggle ahead of him: successfully crossing the Mexico-US border hundreds of feet in the air.
Obama tweeted his summer 2019 playlist. Yes, 'Old Town Road' made the cut
What do Lil Nas X, Steely Dan and Lizzo have in common? Maybe nothing other than that they're all high up on former President Barack Obama's summer 2019 playlist -- but that's a pretty cool place to be.
Analysis: Six polls and more than 6,000 interviews show Trump's approval dropping
First things first: The theme song of the week is the ESPN's SportsCentury.
Trump dines with Macron amid tensions
President Trump's first stop during the G7 summit in France was lunch with his host, French President Emmanuel Macron.
Opinion: Trump wants to welcome Russia back into G7. What would McCain have thought?
When Russia forcibly annexed Crimea in the spring of 2014, sending heavily armed masked men onto the peninsula that indisputably belonged to Ukraine, it triggered a collective gasp of disbelief across Europe. After all, it was the first time since the break-up of the Soviet Union that Russian troops occupied the sovereign territory of one of its former states.
Trump belittles Jerome Powell: He's not much of a chess player
President Trump speaks to reporters before heading to France for the G7 summit.
City Council candidate: Keep town as white 'as possible'
A woman running for a city council in Michigan said she wants a "white community as much as possible."
High school sweethearts die leaving their wedding
As a young Texas couple were leaving the courthouse for their wedding ceremony, their car collided with a pickup truck, killing both of them, according to CNN affiliate KFDM.
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