Year: 2018

Two Dallas police officers were critically wounded in a shooting outside a home improvement store, authorities said.   Police Chief U Renee Hall said a store loss-prevention officer also was shot in the incident about 4:15 pm yesterday outside a Home Depot in northern Dallas. In a tweet about the shooting last evening, the Dallas Police Department said the officers were critically wounded. During a news conference last night at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, Hall declined to give an update on their conditions, citing consideration for the privacy of…

President Donald Trump’s escalating dispute with China over trade and technology is threatening jobs and profits in working-class communities where his “America First” agenda hit home.   The Commerce Department has received more than 2,400 applications from companies seeking waivers from the administration’s tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, which may result in duty payments of millions of dollars for larger businesses. The department has begun posting the requests online for public comment; several of the applications released so far suggest deep misgivings with Trump’s protectionist strategy, especially in areas…