President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he would put a 200 percent tariff on all wines and other alcoholic products coming out of the European Union if the bloc did not remove its tariff on U.S. whiskey. The statement came just hours before the president was due to host NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte for a meeting at the White House.
With a shutdown looming, Republicans are daring Senate Democrats to tank their short-term government funding bill. The House has already voted in favor of the bill and, to avert a government shutdown, the Senate must also vote to extend funding by Friday’s deadline….