WASHINGTON, Nov 13 (Reuters) – The U.S. government has hired 50,000 employees since President Donald Trump took office, his top personnel official said, with the new staff largely in national security positions reflecting the administration’s policy focus. The bulk of the new hires, reported first by Reuters, work at Immigration and Customs Enforcement, said Scott…
BEIJING, Nov 14 (Reuters) – China’s President Xi Jinping on Friday met with King Maha Vajiralongkorn in Beijing, the first state visit by a reigning Thai monarch since bilateral ties were established in 1975, according to Chinese state media. Sign up here. Reporting by Liz Lee; Writing by Ryan Woo; Editing by Himani Sarkar Our…
On Thursday, Blue Origin’s New Glenn launch and landing marked a turning point for Jeff Bezos’ space ambitions — and also drew a warm nod from his biggest space rival, Elon Musk. New Glenn Lands Smoothly In One Of Blue Origin’s Most Crucial Missions Yet Blue Origin successfully launched and landed its massive New Glenn…
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration says it reached trade agreements with several countries that could lower the price of bananas, coffee, and chocolate for Americans. Framework agreements, released by the White House on Nov. 13, commit the United States to removing President Donald Trump‘s reciprocal tariffs on certain exports that cannot be grown, mined, or…
Jeffrey Epstein’s private emails and text messages, among the more than 20,000 documents released Wednesday by the House Oversight Committee, provide a glimpse into his relationships with people who formed part of his inner circle during his final years. And they repeatedly touched on President Trump. Epstein increasingly turned to close Trump ally Steve Bannon,…
Blue Origin successfully launched its huge New Glenn rocket on Thursday from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, sending two Nasa spacecraft on a mission to Mars. In a post on X, Blue Origin wrote, “New Glenn successfully completed its second mission by deploying @NASA’s ESCAPADE twin spacecraft, powering on and transmitting data for @Viasat’s HaloNet…
President Donald Trump has issued a pardon to Joe Lewis, a British billionaire who pleaded guilty last year to federal insider trading charges. Lewis, whose family remains the controlling shareholder of the English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur, was indicted in 2023 on allegations that he schemed for years to abuse his access to corporate…
President Donald Trump’s approval rating has surged in recent weeks with Hispanics, a new poll from The Economist and YouGov shows this week. Newsweek reached out to political analysts via email Thursday evening for comment. Why It Matters Hispanic Americans represent a critical voting bloc in U.S. presidential and congressional elections. In recent cycles, Trump…
Danielle KayeBusiness reporter Bloomberg via Getty Images A customer shops at a Costco store in Teterboro, New Jersey, US. The Trump administration on Thursday announced frameworks for trade deals with four Latin American countries, which senior officials said will include tariff relief on coffee and bananas. The Trump administration on Thursday said import taxes on…
President Trump has an ad-hoc approach to foreign policy. How well is it working?Guest host Sacha Pfeiffer speaks with national security correspondent Greg Myre and Russia correspondent Charles Myre about Trump’s second term approach to foreign policy, and how that’s playing out across the globe including Russia. And is Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s nuclear…