President Donald Trump turned up the pressure on China on Sunday, threatening to hike tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods.
Trump’s comments, delivered on Twitter, came as a Chinese delegation was scheduled to resume talks in Washington on Wednesday aimed at resolving a trade war that has shaken financial markets and cast gloom over the world economy.

Democrat Beto O’Rourke uses his home state as a cautionary tale, ticking through Texas’ Republican-backed policies as warning flags for the rest of the country.
Mayor Pete Buttigieg mentions once worrying about how coming out as gay in deeply Republican Indiana might have cost him re-election, even in his more moderate college town of South Bend.

Washington – President Donald Trump said Sunday that special counsel Robert Mueller should not testify before Congress, abandoning his previous declaration that he would leave that decision to his attorney general. Escalating tensions with House Democrats as they seek to bring Mueller before the House Judiciary Committee, Trump tweeted: “no redos for the Dems.” He [...]

A senior Palestinian Arab source said on Sunday night that “at the present time there is no ceasefire. Israel is delaying the implementation of the understandings reached in the past, but wants to achieve calm in return for calm.”
“The battle will not end until the occupation responds affirmatively to our people’s demands,” the Joint Command Center of armed Palestinian factions in Gaza says in a statement early Monday.
“We will not allow the settlers to leave their shelters as long as the enemy’s leadership denies its understandings with the resistance, it says.
The statement comes as rocket sirens continue to wail despite reports Israel and the Gaza terror groups are working toward a cease-fire brokered by Egypt and the UN.
{Matzav.com Israel News}

The levaya for R’ Pinchas Menachem Pashwazman, who was killed by a rocket in the city of Ashdod, took place in Beit Shemesh tonight at the Bais Hachassidim Ateres Nuchem D’Gur.
Pinchas Menachem was a Gurrer yungerman who was born in Beit Shemesh and moved to Ashdod after he got married. His parents are originally from Monsey, New York, and his father is a rebbi in Gur.
According to the family, this is the third time that the family has lost family members in disasters. His mother’s two brothers perished in disasters, one of them in a terror attack on a bus on Mount Meron, and the other in the Gesher Bnot Yaakov disaster.
He is survived by his wife and four-month old baby.

Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz orders halt in supplies from country's only natural gas rig due to 'emergency situation' as rocket bombardments from Gaza continue

Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) took to Twitter on Sunday to slam the New York Times for a headline about the rocket attacks on Israel: “Gaza militants fire 250 rockets, and Israel responds with airstrikes.” The Times headline is accurate, considering that is precisely how the attack started.
“When will the world stop dehumanizing our Palestinian people who just want to be free? Headlines like this & framing it in this way just feeds into the continued lack of responsibility on Israel who unjustly oppress & target Palestinian children and families. #FreePalestine,” Tlaib wrote.
Prominent conservatives slammed Tlaib for her anti-Semitic comments:

Washington – U.S. President Donald Trump raised pressure on China over trade negotiations on Sunday by saying U.S. tariffs on certain Chinese products will increase to 25% on Friday and that more Chinese goods will face additional tariffs. “For 10 months, China has been paying Tariffs to the USA of 25% on 50 Billion Dollars [...]