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• Trump and Xi step back from trade war, but for how long?
• Bush as the necessary model of a public servant
• Oakland’s plan to battle homelessness: Stop it before it starts

Trump and Xi step back from trade war, but for how long? Posted: 03 Dec 2018 12:40 PM PST When President Trump sat down to his much-anticipated Buenos Aires dinner with Xi Jinping Saturday night, he praised the personal relationship he's developed with the Chinese leader and predicted it would lead to good things for both countries. "The relationship is very special … that I have with President Xi," Mr. Trump said, flanked by Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and other senior aides, and seated directly across from a smiling Xi. Two-and-a-half hours later, the dinner meeting that stole the show at the weekend's G20 summit concluded with a deal: a suspension of the intensifying trade war between the world's two largest economies that international economists have said is beginning to threaten global economic growth.

Bush as the necessary model of a public servant Posted: 03 Dec 2018 11:51 AM PST If a common thread can be found in the tributes for George H.W. Bush, it is his role in elevating the dignity of public service. In 2017, Congress was so worried about the state of the nation's civic health that it set up a panel called the National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service.

Oakland’s plan to battle homelessness: Stop it before it starts Posted: 03 Dec 2018 08:43 AM PST The tears began falling before Debra Ross finished reading the eviction notice. Oakland's biennial homeless survey, last conducted in January 2017, showed the number of people who lacked permanent shelter had climbed to 2,761, an increase of almost 600 from two years earlier.

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