President Donald Trump told reporters in the Oval Office, “we’re going to get along great with China,” and said that he hopes the U.S. and China can reach a new trade agreement. President Donald Trump told reporters in the Oval Office, “we’re going to get along great with China,” and said that he hopes the…
Global courier firm DHL Express has announced a temporary suspension of all business-to-consumer shipments worth more than US$800 addressed to individuals in the US, including from Hong Kong, after recent changes in customs rules caused prolonged delays. The company, which included the adjustment in a list of temporary changes to its services in an email…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump revealed his intentions to reshape the Smithsonian Institution with an executive order Thursday that targets funding to programs with “divisive narratives” and “improper ideology.” Trump said there has been a “concerted and widespread” effort over the past decade to rewrite American history by replacing “objective facts” with a “distorted…
On Wednesday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order announcing that he would impose a 25% tariff on imported cars and car parts, set to take effect on April 3, per The New York Times. Trump said the move would incentivize automakers to move manufacturing into the United States and end a “ridiculous” supply chain…
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a sweeping executive action to overhaul elections in the U.S., including requiring documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote in federal elections and demanding that all ballots be received by Election Day. The order says the U.S. has failed “to enforce basic and necessary…
All too little noticed in the flurry of executive orders and chaos of the opening weeks of the Trump administration was a statement with potentially profound consequences sandwiched into the new 10 percent tariff imposed on China – that “the articles that are products of China” will “hereinafter… include products of Hong Kong.” This insert,…
PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Some white South Africans showed support for President Donald Trump on Saturday and gathered at the U.S. Embassy in Pretoria to claim they are victims of racism by their own government. Hundreds of protesters held placards that read “Thank God for President Trump” and displayed other messages criticizing what they…
Stock Futures Fall as Trump Tariffs Drive Up Market Uncertainty U.S. stock futures were sliding Tuesday after President Donald Trump set into motion a plan to impose 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. Trump signed dual executive orders for steel and aluminum levies that he said on Monday were “the beginning of making America…
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A third federal judge on Monday blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship for the children of people who are in the U.S. illegally. The ruling from U.S. District Judge Joseph N. Laplante in New Hampshire comes after two similar rulings by judges in Seattle and Maryland last week….
SEATTLE (AP) — A federal judge who already questioned the constitutionality of President Donald Trump’s birthright citizenship executive order is set to hear arguments Thursday over a longer-term pause of the directive, which aims to end citizenship for children born to parents not legally in the country. U.S. District Judge John Coughenour in Seattle has…