President Trump wants Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Judge Sotomayor to recuse themselves from hearing his tax cases when they hit the Supreme Court docket in late March.
Judge Sotomayor claims the recent decision to bar immigrants from entering the country unless they speak English and have a skill the U.S. needs is proof John Roberts and the four conservatives let politics sway their decision-making process. Judge Ginsburg lost credibility with the president when she made a snide comment about him during the 2016 campaign. Ginsburg told the press Mr. Trump has no filter when he makes speeches, and that makes him dangerous, according to the New York Times.
The stock market dropped 1,000 points after South Korea and Italy let the world know the coronavirus is on the move, and health officials don’t know how to stop the resilient bug. The COVID-19 virus spreads quickly, and it has the ability to stay alive on hard surfaces, according to World Health Organization officials. China expects a 2.5% drop in economic growth due to the virus outbreak. And the International Monetary Fund revised its GDP growth projection when the virus spread to other countries.
Mr. Trump and his Republican allies say the virus won’t impact first-quarter economic growth. But Wall Street economists claim the virus will shave ½% off GDP growth at the end of March. If the World Health Organization classifies the COVID-19 outbreak as a pandemic, the U.S. and global economic growth could drop by more than 1.5%, according to several Wall Street economists.
Ivanka and Jared are in India, and Americans wonder why the couple made the trip. Several news reports say Ivanka wants to touch base with Trump Organization partners during her stay. The Trump real estate brand is big business in India. Ivanka and Jared are the president’s special advisors, but Americans don’t understand why Trump needs their advice while he’s in India enjoying the attention and selling helicopters to Prime Minister Modi.
Huawei may not be able to sell its new Mate Xs foldable smartphone in the United States, but the demand for the four-camera foldable phone is off the charts in China and other countries, even though the Mate Xs sells for $2,700.
But the Mate Xs doesn’t have Google services or the Android operating system due to Trump’s Huawei blacklisting. Huawei introduced its Harmony operating system on its Mate X smartphones last year, and the Mate Xs has the same operating system. Plus, the Mate Xs is 6.6 inches folded and 8 inches when it is in use. Plus, it has 5G built into its smartphone DNA.
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