Senator Chris Murphy, Democrat of Connecticut, says he’s skeptical that conversations with the White House about stemming gun violence will “bear fruit.” But Murphy said it was his obligation to carry them out. Source

Responding to China tariffs, the president leaned on American companies to make “your products in the USA” Source

Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro encouraged development in the Amazon rainforest. Now he’s calling global backlash “sensationalist” Source

But he still believes the White House is “committed to trying to work on a comprehensive, anti-gun violence proposal” Source

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said interest-rate cuts can’t offset the impact of trade tensions Source

The woman is now sleeping with cotton balls in her ears – just in case Source

Investors on edge as China hikes tariffs on U.S. goods and President Trump vows to hit back Source

President Trump orders U.S. companies to look for “an alternative to China” after latest round of Chinese tariffs Source

Tit-for-tat levies are the latest salvo in the escalating trade war between the world’s two biggest economies Source

Nation’s biggest retailer has settled with at least two families of people killed in a mass shooting Source