U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks in the Oval Office at the White House, in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 21, 2025. Carlos Barria | Reuters President Donald Trump on Friday said there will be “flexibility” on his reciprocal tariff plan, even as he seemed to oppose the idea of making exceptions for the forthcoming duties….
Elon Musk is bringing back his most controversial gambit from the 2024 presidential election: paying voters as part of a plan to identify and turn out conservative-leaning ones. The super PAC that Mr. Musk founded to funnel his fortune into Republican causes, America PAC, said on Thursday that it was offering $100 to registered voters…
NEW YORK – A real estate businessman who aided a Chinese effort to pressure an expatriate to return home has been sentenced to over a year in a U.S. prison. U.S. prosecutors say Quanzhong An’s activities were part of the Chinese government’s “Operation Fox Hunt” repatriation campaign. Beijing says the initiative is about pursuing people…
Kirsty Coventry was elected on Thursday as the 10th president of the International Olympic Committee, capping a monthslong election battle and becoming the first woman and the first African to hold the most powerful role in sports. The election, which has been described in similar language to a papal conclave, was settled — to gasps…
Eduardo Bolsonaro, a Brazilian congressman and a son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, said on Tuesday that he would seek political asylum in the United States, claiming he is the target of persecution for defending the right-wing movement embodied by his father. The third-oldest son of the former Brazilian president has been in the United…
Donald Trump was elected thanks to millions of folks who attend church and hold largely traditional values, but defy the stereotypes that progressives want to pin on them. ‘White Lotus’ Greg: Jon Gries on who could be the killer in Thailand “The White Lotus” star Jon Gries, or Gary/Greg, discusses who could be the killer…
[Listen to “The Daily”: Elbows Up: Canada’s Response to Trump’s Trade War] What’s next: Mr. Ford, along with Dominic LeBlanc, the new international trade minister, and François-Philippe Champagne, the new finance minister, met with their counterparts in Washington: Howard Lutnick, the U.S. commerce secretary, and Jamieson Greer, the U.S. trade representative. The message they received,…
Mark Carney, who has never held elected office but has a long résumé in economic policymaking and investing, was sworn in Friday morning as Canada’s 24th prime minister. He will have no time to ease into his role. Canada is experiencing a period of severe instability as its relationship with its closest ally, the United…
Former GOP Sen. Alan Simpson of Wyoming, a political legend whose quick wit bridged partisan gaps in the years before today’s political acrimony, has died. He was 93. Simpson died early Friday after struggling to recover from a broken hip in December, according to a statement from his family and the Buffalo Bill Center of…
But Johnson’s battle with bureaucracy started long before then. When he entered Downing Street in 2019, he brought in maverick Vote Leave campaigner Dominic Cummings as chief adviser. Cummings, an ex-special adviser, spoke about slashing departments and hiring “weirdos” and “misfits” instead of Whitehall old hands to shake things up. Cummings was a former aide…