President Trump described his face-to-face with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Thursday as a roaring success, saying he would cut tariffs on China, while Beijing had agreed to allow the export of rare earth elements and start buying American soybeans.
DAMASCUS, Syria — The one thing the busloads of Syrian refugees at Jdeidet Yabous, the Syrian side of the main crossing from Lebanon, had in common was excitement to be back. Toddlers and even young teenagers brimmed with excitement; they had never set foot in their country. Their parents readily admitted they never expected to be able to […]
For decades, the Democratic Party has elevated the fight to stop climate change above every other economic concern. Jobs, energy prices, economic growth, and even inequality all took back seats to climate change in influencing the party’s public policy priorities. Now, in a truly dramatic reversal, one of the party’s biggest funders, including $50 million […]
President Trump said the issues of Taiwan, Russian oil and Nvidia's advanced Blackwell chip weren't raised during his wide-ranging meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in South Korea on Thursday. “Taiwan never came up. It was not discussed actually,” Trump said when asked by reporters on Air Force One. However, the president noted that Russia’s war in...
President Trump said Thursday that China has agreed to purchase soybeans and other agricultural products from the U.S., a major breakthrough after many American farmers had faced hardship amid a trade standoff with Beijing. Trump said Chinese President Xi Jinping authorized the sale of soybeans, sorghum and "other farm products" during their meeting in South...
Congress can continue funding the system as it is — expensive, opaque, and insulated from scrutiny. Or it can seize the opportunity to make a basic correction that should have happened years ago.
Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, blasted the Trump administration following reports that his Republican counterparts were briefed on the unilateral strikes against alleged drug boats in the Caribbean. In a forceful statement, Warner condemned the reported partisan briefing as “indefensible,” expressing concern about the “troubling precedent” that such...
President Trump announced an agreement with Chinese President Xi Jinping to ease their trade war following a meeting Thursday, with the U.S. scaling back tariffs and China delaying export controls and resuming some soybean purchases. Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One that he agreed to cut fentanyl-related tariffs on Beijing in half, down to...
