Protections in the new North American trade pact for LGBTQ people are roiling conservative lawmakers in the House, who are urging President Donald Trump to rescind them.

They are displeased that the new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement contains requirements that workers be protected from discrimination on the basis of sex, including sexual orientation and gender identity.

“A trade agreement is no place for the adoption of social policy,” reads the letter, which carries the names of 40 lawmakers and was sent Friday.

Spanky's war on the military continues, now dissing decorated SEAL Admiral McRaven.

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Ya gotta wonder, when people of the character of Wlliam McRaven are attacked by Spanky, is this really the sort of president you want to support?

Spanky's war on the military continues, now dissing decorated SEAL Admiral McRaven.

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Ya gotta wonder, when people of the character of Wlliam McRaven are attacked by Spanky, is this really the sort of president you want to support?

Donald Trump’s weekend visit to fire-ravaged California has prompted a withering barrage of ridicule and anger after he suggested the state should copy Finland in raking forest floors to prevent a repeat of wildfires that have killed at least 76 people.

He claimed he had received the tip from the president of Finland, who promptly said he could not remember offering such advice.

“You gotta take care of the floors. You know the floors of the forest, very important,” said Mr Trump during his trip.

“I was with the president of Finland and he called it a forest nation, and they spend a lot of time on raking and cleaning and doing things and they don’t have any problem.”

But in an interview published in the Ilta-Sanomat newspaper, Sauli Niinisto said he told his American counterpart that the secret lay in an extensive monitoring system.

How offensive was THAT performance for those who survived the horror - just beyond insensitive and cruel.

Instead of talking about the terrible loss of lives, he used the 'opportunity' to take a punch at environmentalists . There is really something terribly wrong with him.

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke blamed “environmental radicals” for the California wildfires that have killed at least 77 people, saying they stop forest management practices that could have prevented the fires.

“I will lay this on the foot of those environmental radicals that have prevented us from managing the forests for years. And you know what? This is on them,” Zinke said.

“We have dead and dying timber. We can manage it using best science, best practices,” he continued. “But to let this devastation go on year after year after year is unacceptable, it’s not going to happen. The president is absolutely engaged.”

Dow plummets nearly 400 points as tech shares tumble

The Dow, which closed at 25,017 Monday, was up less than 200 points from the start of the year, and is down 1,800 from its peak in early October.