Canada-US trade war | New economic sanctions on Iran | Trump visa ban struck down | Researchers fight closure of National Archives | Climate activists gear up for action | Wildfire near Reno explodes in size as 90K evacuate

A full scale trade war, as Canada walks out of trade talks with the US, blaming the collapse on what it said were the Trump administration’s “unfair” demands – including 50% tariffs and a ban the use of French. Meanwhile, US national debt tops a record $40 trillion. We’ll speak with economist Rick Wolff National Archives photo, San Bruno, 1942, showing people of Japanese ancestry lining up at a concentration camp in South San Francisco. The Trump administration readies what it calls massive economic sanctions against Iran — a country that has withstood nearly five decades of sanctions Trump’s visa ban on 75 countries is struck down by federal judge — civil rights leaders say it’s a major victory Activists are mobilizing to stop closure of National Archives branches in San Francisco and Chicago, saying the move will bury a vast trove of records, many of them related to people of color and immigrants An interfaith climate conference in San Jose, as we speak to environmentalist Carl Pope about this winter’s El Niño Wildfire near Reno, Nevada explodes in size, as 90,000 urged to evacuate The post Canada-US trade war | New economic sanctions on Iran | Trump visa ban struck down | Researchers fight closure of National Archives | Climate activists gear up for action | Wildfire near Reno explodes in size as 90K evacuate appeared first on KPFA.