WASHINGTON (AP) — The sprawling tax and policy bill that passed Congress repeals a multibillion-dollar green bank for financing climate-friendly projects, and the Trump administration should be allowed to freeze its funding and cancel related contracts with nonprofits, federal officials said in a court filing. Climate United Fund and other nonprofits in March sued the…
Beijing’s point man on Macau affairs has embarked on a six-day fact-finding trip to the city and has acknowledged the “good start” made by the new administration. Xia Baolong, director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office (HKMAO), arrived in the city on Thursday afternoon for a visit that runs until Tuesday. “Upon his…
(Bloomberg) — Asian stocks snapped a five-day winning streak as a brief global relief rally gave up momentum after mixed signals from the Trump administration on its plans for China tariffs. Most Read from Bloomberg A regional gauge of stocks fell 0.3% as market enthusiasm got curbed after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent cast doubt on…
Putin’s Men Burn Ukraine’s Top Munition Plant; Zelensky ‘Panics, Begs’ For NATO Weapons | Watch Russia has launched devastating strikes on Ukraine’s most critical artillery munitions production facilities—Zvezda and Impulse—in Shostka, Sumy region. The strikes come amid a dramatic slowdown in Russia’s territorial advances, with analysts predicting a possible stall by early summer—coinciding with Trump’s…
Elon Musk‘s wealth dropped below $300 billion on Monday for the first time since last year, as the impacts of recent Tesla backlash and sweeping new tariffs collided. The richest man in the world was worth $298 billion as of market close Monday, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Since the beginning of the year,…
By John Kruzel and Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday allowed Donald Trump to use a 1798 law that historically has been employed only in wartime to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members as part of the Republican president’s hardline approach to immigration, but with certain limits. The court, in an unsigned…
LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) – The European Union’s countermeasures targeting a list of U.S. imports in response to the Trump’s administration steel and aluminum tariffs will be less than 26 billion euros’ ($28.46 billion) worth after taking in account member states’ remarks, EU trade commissioner Maros Sefcovic told reporters on Monday. “When it comes to steel, aluminum…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Day after day, Chinese rescue teams haul children and elderly people from collapsed buildings as cameras beam the thanks of grateful survivors around the world. Russian medical teams show off field hospitals erected in a flash to tend the wounded. Notably absent from the aftermath of the 7.7-magnitude earthquake in the poor…
HONG KONG — U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has significantly expanded the trade blacklist it inherited from the previous Joe Biden team, aiming to further constrict China’s capabilities to develop artificial intelligence and advanced computing, as well as direct military technologies like hypersonic missiles. The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) of the U.S. Commerce…
Lawyers and law firms that engage in actions that violate the laws of the United States or rules governing attorney conduct must be efficiently and effectively held accountable. Accountability is especially important when misconduct by lawyers and law firms threatens our national security, homeland security, public safety, or election integrity. Recent examples of grossly unethical…