President Trump said Tuesday he intends to impose 10 percent tariffs on Chinese imports into the United States on Feb. 1, a decision that is sure to escalate trade tensions between the world’s largest economies. Speaking at the White House, Mr Trump said the tariffs were in response to China’s role in America’s fentanyl crisis. … Read more
After winning election and moving into the White House, many presidents at some point eventually break their campaign promises. Donald J. Trump won’t even wait that long. He will break an important election promise as soon as he takes the oath of office. As he bid for a return to power in the autumn, Mr … Read more
Migrants gathered by the hundreds in camps in Ciudad Juarez on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande, waiting for the opportunity to enter the United States. But as President-elect Donald J. As Trump prepares to take office on Monday, few people could be found on the packed embankments at times last week. All that … Read more
After more than 15 months of virtually uninterrupted fighting in Gaza, diplomats trying to broker a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas expressed cautious hope on Tuesday that a deal may finally be within reach. But that optimism was tempered – by uncertainty over whether the two sides would ultimately agree, whether details could still change … Read more
The Biden administration on Monday issued sweeping rules on how AI chips and models can be shared with foreign countries, in an effort to establish a global framework that will guide how artificial intelligence spreads around the world in the years to come. . With the power of AI growing rapidly, the Biden administration said … Read more
Israeli security and policy chiefs were expected to arrive in Qatar on Sunday for high-level talks about a proposed cease-fire deal in Gaza, in the final days of President Biden’s term and Donald J. The hostages will be released before Trump takes office. Biden administration officials are pushing for a deal that would become part … Read more
fear of falling Global fertility is to many on the right what climate change is to the left: the central problem of the era, a slow-moving crisis that is still destabilizing societies. Elon Musk wrote, “Population collapse due to low birth rates is a much greater threat to civilization than global warming.” JD Vance has … Read more
The Biden administration on Friday issued sweeping extensions of deportation protections for hundreds of thousands of people from Sudan, Ukraine and Venezuela, prompting President-elect Donald J. It has become nearly impossible for Trump to quickly snatch away the gains once he takes office. The extension of Temporary Protected Status, as the program is called, allows … Read more
The United States announced new sanctions on Friday targeting Russia’s energy sector and its “shadow fleet” of oil tankers, the Biden administration’s final effort to cripple the Russian economy in response to Moscow’s war in Ukraine. It is possible President Biden has been cautious in his approach to sanctions on Russia’s energy sector due to … Read more
United States Ambassador to China R. Nicholas Burns said the Biden administration is making a last-ditch effort to persuade China to stop transferring equipment to Russia for the war in Ukraine. Mr. Burns said in an interview at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing that about 400 Chinese companies have supplied Russia with so-called dual-use products, … Read more