US President Donald Trump is taking a less combative approach towards China ahead of his meeting with President Xi Jinping this week, reflecting what China experts say is Beijing’s growing leverage through
A federal appeals court has ruled that most of the President Donald Trump’s global tariffs were imposed illegally, but allowed them to remain in effect while the case undergoes further review. In
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Former President Donald Trump has directed the cancellation of $4.9 billion in foreign aid spending previously approved by Congress, invoking a little-used legal mechanism in an effort to bypass lawmakers and assert
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Editor’s Note: The following article is based on excerpts from an in-depth interview conducted by Christian Smith with George Friedman, chairman and founder of Geopolitical Futures. The interview explores the geopolitical implications
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Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook has filed a lawsuit against former President Donald Trump after he attempted to remove her from office, setting the stage for a high-stakes legal battle with major
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Former President Donald Trump has called for billionaire philanthropist George Soros and his son Alex Soros to be charged under federal racketeering laws, accusing them of supporting violent protests “and much more.”
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In the early 1980s, former US President Jimmy Carter visited Stockholm. At a reception he approached Stig Ramel, the long-serving executive director of the Nobel Foundation, and asked with some bitterness why
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President Donald Trump has announced plans to remove Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook from office following allegations that she falsified mortgage documents, in what analysts are calling the most aggressive move yet
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Japanese billionaire Masayoshi Son, the founder and CEO of SoftBank, has become one of former US President Donald Trump’s most prominent foreign business allies, according to the Financial Times. His investments in
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Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff measures are set to reduce US budget deficits by $4 trillion over the next decade, according to new projections from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the Financial Times
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President Donald Trump compared efforts to broker a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to “mixing oil and vinegar,” admitting that progress toward direct peace talks remains
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The FBI has raided the Maryland home of John Bolton, the former US national security adviser under Donald Trump who has since become one of the president’s sharpest critics. Federal agents executed
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America could soon claim part of the production of the iconic Swiss Army knife, as Victorinox considers moving some of its operations to the United States in response to heavy import tariffs,
More Editor’s Comment: The Morning Star editorial sets Trump’s reading of Putin against the failures of Europe’s political class. It highlights how misplaced illusions in London and Brussels fuel deeper risks. T is
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Ukraine has outlined plans to purchase $100 billion in American weapons, financed by European allies, as part of efforts to secure US guarantees for its security after a potential peace settlement with
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As President Vladimir Putin meets U.S. President Donald Trump in Anchorage for a high-stakes summit, the composition of the Russian delegation is attracting nearly as much attention as the talks themselves. According
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