An initial trade deal with Vietnam offers a glimpse of how President Trump is pushing countries to cut back on trade with China.Goods for export loaded on a container at a logistics hub in Yiwu, China, China has used Vietnam and other neighboring countries to circumvent American tariffs on its goods
Representative Hakeem Jeffries, the New York Democrat and minority leader, delayed a final House vote with an impassioned speech, saying he would take his “sweet time” assailing the measure.Representative Hakeem Jeffries spoke out against the domestic policy bill ahead of the vote in the House.
President Trump has spent days cajoling Republicans to support his spending bill. He will also have to sell it to the public as Democrats focus on all the ways it helps the wealthy.President Trump has told Republicans he wants to sign the bill by Friday.
Republicans deferred some of their most painful spending cuts until after the midterm elections.
Plus, Lululemon vs. Costco.Speaker Mike Johnson in the Capitol on Wednesday.
The court announced it would hear challenges to state laws barring transgender athletes from girls’ and women’s sports.The justices’ decision to hear the cases involving student athletes signals that they are willing to delve back into the culture war over transgender rights.
Trump’s claim that Venezuelan criminals took over Aurora, Colorado, became a rationale for his immigration crackdown. What really happened there?The Edge at Lowry apartment complex in Aurora, Colo., where shootings and other crimes attracted national attention in August 2024.
Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia was made to kneel overnight, denied bathroom access and confined in an overcrowded cell with bright lights and no windows, his lawyers say.A poster showing Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia during a news conference with his wife, Jennifer Vasquez Sura, outside the U.S. Distri
This week, President Trump will start the countdown to next summer’s Semiquincentennial with an event at the Iowa State Fairgrounds. Not everyone wants to wave the flag his way.
The pyrotechnics industry relies heavily on Chinese fireworks imports and warns that this could be the last big bang Fourth of July.
“Ideal” conditions are expected in the Northeast, but Florida and the Carolinas are warily eyeing a potential tropical system.Weather may affect some July 4 celebrations.
Both American survivors of the mass suicide and murder and Guyanese have criticized the tour. But defenders say the site offers important lessons.
Mr. Jota and his brother André Silva died in Spain, the authorities said. The crash came two weeks after the Portuguese player’s wedding.Diogo Jota, a Portuguese soccer star, played for Liverpool of the English Premier League.
For 400 years, most popes escaped the Roman summer in the hilltop town of Castel Gandolfo, Italy. Then Francis stopped going, leaving the town a bit bereft.Tourists posing for photos in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, in June. The pope’s planned return has “given the town a spark,” said an owner of a bar in
Hamas wants to ensure that the latest cease-fire proposal has sufficient guarantees that negotiations will lead to a permanent end to the Gaza war.Displaced Palestinians at a tent camp in Gaza City last month.
Thomas J. Barrack Jr., the U.S. ambassador to Turkey, says Washington is facilitating the discussions and prioritizing economic development over nation-building in the Middle East.Thomas J. Barrack Jr., third from left, the U.S. ambassador to Turkey and special envoy for Syria, is in his first diplo
Alcohol can present health problems for even light or occasional drinkers.
Some parts of Western Europe were starting to cool off as the extreme heat that has gripped the continent moved east.Fans were used to keep people cool at a restaurant near the Piazza di Spagna in Rome on Monday.
Most of those fleeing the blaze were tourists as firefighters struggled against heavy winds to bring the flames under control.More than 200 firefighters battled a blaze in the Greek island of Crete, but their work was made more difficult by heavy winds and rugged mountain terrain.
Grading how the Supreme Court has done so far in Trump 2.0.
A tax move from the Reagan era might explain what’s going on now.
We explain how economists evaluate the national debt.The debt clock in New York City. The number above includes $29 trillion held by investors, as well as the trillions more that the U.S. government itself holds.
Amid rampant speculation about his health, Ramzan Kadyrov, the Kremlin-allied strongman who rules the region, has been noticeably absent from view, while grooming his teenage son for the future.Ramzan Kadyrov, the Chechen strongman, is one of the closest allies of President Vladimir V. Putin of Russ
Adelita Grijalva remains heavily favored to win the House seat of her late father, Raúl Grijalva, but youthful challengers and tired voters are asking why change is so hard for Democrats.Daniel Hernandez, a Democratic congressional candidate, meeting with a supporter, Beatrice Torres, while door-kno
