China-US trade talks still on, Beijing says, despite Trump tariff threat

A Chinese official said Monday that Beijing was still planning on sending negotiators to the U.S. for scheduled trade talks this week, despite President Trump's abrupt threat Sunday to place tariffs of 25% on all incoming goods from China, a sharp escalation in the trade war between the countries.

"We are also in the process of understanding the relevant situation,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang told reporters. "What I can tell you is that China’s team is preparing to go to the United States for the discussions."

Chinese Vice Premier Liu He is scheduled to travel to Washington, D.C., this week to continue talks, following a trip to Beijing last week by U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/economy/china-us-trade-talks-still-on-beijing-says-despite-trump-tariff-threat

Scott Walker: Republicans need to wake up to Democrats’ nationwide judicial power grab

Former President Barack Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder won’t tell the truth when it comes to their redistricting strategy, but here it is: Pick a state, any state, and sue until it’s blue. They have spent years and millions of dollars selling the false narrative that Democrats draw “fair maps” while any and all Republican-drawn maps are “partisan gerrymanders.” While rhetorically cute, their primary goal has nothing to do with fighting gerrymandering as they repeatedly claim, but to put redistricting in the hands of unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats and lifetime-appointed judges.

Their strategy makes sense. There are plenty of unelected federal judges presiding over these redistricting cases who will enthusiastically toss out constitutionally drawn maps to help elect more Democrats. That’s exactly what happened recently in both Michigan and Ohio, despite the entirely dubious and suspect arguments from the left. It will also not be a surprise if liberal federal panels do the same thing in other states in the coming weeks.

In recent years, we’ve seen this over and over again and it’s time that Republicans wake up to the reality of the Democrats’ nationwide judicial power grab.

https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/scott-walker-republicans-democrats-judicial-power-grab