U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday defended his decision to stay at one of President Donald Trump’s properties while in Ireland in the face of criticism by Democrats and good government groups that he’s enriching Trump at taxpayers’ expense.
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The United States and China on Sunday put in place their latest tariff increases on each other’s goods, potentially raising prices Americans pay for some clothes, shoes, sporting goods and other consumer items before the holiday shopping season.
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YWN NOTE: There are still approximately 20 girls without a high school to go to in Lakewood, and an unknown number of children still not accepted in primary.
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Doug Ogden doesn’t know what to do.
The 75-year-old retired law enforcement officer is disgusted by President Donald Trump. But he can’t imagine voting for a Democrat in 2020, either.
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Divers and search crews were still looking Tuesday for nine missing people after at least 25 were confirmed dead when a boat packed with scuba divers caught fire near an island off the Southern California coast.

Joe Biden entered the Democratic primary promising “from day one” to reject campaign cash from lobbyists.
“I work for you — not any industry,” he tweeted.
Yet hours after his April campaign kickoff, the former vice president went to a fundraiser at the home of a lobbying executive.

According to the NY Post, NYC’s Mayor DeBlasio spent just seven hours working at City Hall in the month of May.
The Post report says the Mayor showed up at his office six times in the entire month of May.
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A retired New York City police sergeant reportedly killed himself Monday, adding to the growing number of suicides in the Department this year.
The 48-year-old male officer, who has not been publicly identified, shot himself in the head while sitting in his car in a parking lot on Staten Island, a borough of New York City, the New York Post reported.

The almanah of the late R’ Pinchas Menachem Pashwazman, a 21-year-old Gerrer chosid who was killed by a Hamas rocket attack in Ashdod in May, gave birth to her second son on Monday night.

Boris Johnson is plotting an election on the day when Orthodox Jews cannot vote.
Members of the Jewish community are concerned they will be disenfranchised.
The proposed polling day of Monday October 14 falls on the second day of Sukkos.