Blame games, tit-for-tat threats, off-again on-again meetings between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, and wild tariff swings seem to be the recent order of the day. According to former government officials and analysts, however, this should come as no surprise – it’s just the price you pay when diplomatic norms are…
A new battery of Chinese trade “countermeasures” launched against the United States could be a “very positive” step towards stabilising bilateral relations, compelling the Trump administration to take a more grounded approach towards Beijing, a prominent academic has suggested. The assessment came as the White House dialled down its rhetoric on fresh trade tensions between…
Vice President JD Vance called on Beijing to “choose the path of reason” in the latest spiraling trade fight between the US and China, claiming that President Donald Trump has more leverage. “It’s going to be a delicate dance, and a lot of it is going to depend on how the Chinese respond,” Vance said…
Apple has removed ICEBlock, an app that allowed users to monitor and report the location of immigration enforcement officers, from the App Store. “We created the App Store to be a safe and trusted place to discover apps,” Apple said in a statement to Business Insider. “Based on information we’ve received from law enforcement about…
Russian president Vladimir Putin said that the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk was a “disgusting crime” that reveals a “deep rift” in American society.Speaking at the Valdai Discussion Club in Sochi, a forum of Russian experts, Putin also offered his condolences to Kirk’s family, nearly three weeks after the killing.“This is a disgusting atrocity,…
House Speaker Mike Johnson faced some unexpected pushback when talking to Fox News’ Laura Ingraham about the government shutdown on Tuesday night. Speaking to Ingraham on her program, The Ingraham Angle, Johnson spruiked a popular MAGA talking point claiming that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer was forcing the government to shut down for political purposes….
The Washington Post’s new opinion editor is not worried about the plethora of challenges facing the beleaguered newsroom’s editorial pages, saying he wants to take Jeff Bezos’ prescribed mandate and “get this right” because many Americans “don’t trust” the paper in his first interview since his June appointment. Opinion editor Adam O’Neal told Fox News Digital that…
US President Donald Trump said prominent billionaires – including media mogul Rupert Murdoch and tech founder Michael Dell – could be part of a deal in which the United States will take control of US operations of TikTok. Trump name-dropped the 94-year-old Murdoch and his son Lachlan Murdoch, the head of Fox News and News…
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., Sept. 19, 2025. Ken Cedeno | Reuters President Donald Trump said in an interview that aired Sunday that conservative media baron Rupert Murdoch and his son Lachlan are likely to be involved in the proposal to save TikTok in…
The White House claimed on Saturday that the US operations of TikTok will be spun off, its board will be mostly Americans and its algorithm will be controlled in the US, after President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping discussed a deal for the short video platform in a phone call on Friday….