Six months ago, Donald Trump and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung stood together and announced what the White House called a historic trade agreement—$350 billion in Korean investment flowing into American shipyards and factories, in exchange for reduced tariffs on Korean exports. It was the kind of deal
Three weeks after American special forces snatched Nicolás Maduro from Caracas and hauled him to a New York jail cell, Venezuela's new government is still parceling out prisoner releases in dribs and drabs—freeing more than 100 over the weekend while at least 600 others remain locked up
The Trump administration announced on January 26 that the Department of Commerce would invest $1.6 billion in USA Rare Earth, taking a 10 percent equity stake in the Oklahoma-based mining company as Washington accelerates efforts to build a domestic supply chain for critical minerals that China has long controlled.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said on January 25 that his country has no intention of pursuing a free trade agreement with China, seeking to defuse an escalating confrontation with President Donald Trump after the American leader threatened to impose 100 percent tariffs on all Canadian goods entering the United
General Zhang Youxia survived every previous wave of Xi Jinping's military housecleaning. A decorated combat veteran with family ties to China's revolutionary past, he had known Xi since childhood. Their fathers fought side by side in the civil war. For more than a decade, Zhang stood
The fatal shooting of a 37-year-old intensive care nurse in Minneapolis on Saturday has upended Congress's plans to fund the government, with Senate Democrats now refusing to support any spending package that includes money for the Department of Homeland Security. Chuck Schumer made the stakes plain Saturday night.
President Donald Trump revoked Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's invitation to join his Board of Peace on January 22, capping days of escalating tensions between the two leaders that played out publicly at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. "Dear Prime Minister Carney," Trump wrote
President Donald Trump announced on January 21 that the United States had reached "the framework of a future deal" regarding Greenland following his meeting with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The announcement marked a significant shift from days of escalating tensions
President Donald Trump filed a $5 billion lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase and its chief executive Jamie Dimon on January 22, alleging the nation's largest bank closed his accounts for political reasons in the aftermath of the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot. The suit, filed in Florida state court
President Donald Trump escalated his campaign to acquire Greenland at a press conference yesterday, refusing to specify how far he would go to secure control of the Arctic territory while threatening European allies with steep tariffs. The pressure campaign sent global financial markets into a sharp decline as investors weighed
The British government on Tuesday approved plans for a massive new Chinese embassy in central London, ending a seven-year planning dispute that drew opposition from lawmakers, intelligence officials, and human rights advocates across the political spectrum. Local Government Secretary Steve Reed formally signed off on the development at Royal Mint
Federal prosecutors served grand jury subpoenas Tuesday to six Minnesota officials, including Governor Tim Walz, Attorney General Keith Ellison, and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, as part of an investigation into whether they obstructed federal immigration enforcement during a sweeping crackdown in the Twin Cities area. The subpoenas, which seek records
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