Carlos Alcaraz has reacted to President Donald Trump attending the U.S. Open Men’s final, ahead of his face off with Jannik Sinner, a clash which will go on to crown a new world No. 1. “It’s great for tennis to have the president into the final,” Alcaraz told reporters. Why It Matters Alcaraz, born in…
By Peter Aitken is a Newsweek Politics Editor based in New York. His focus is domestic U.S. politics, but he has experience covering Foreign Affairs, Business and Technology. Peter joined Newsweek in 2024 from Fox News Digital and had previously freelanced at Business Insider. He has interviewed such notable figures as Benjamin Netanyahu, Gen. David…
A ceasefire in Ukraine will be the focus for Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump when they meet in Alaska, but cooperation between Russia and the United States in the Arctic would also be a salient topic for discussion, a regional expert has told Newsweek. Andreas Østhagen, from the Fridtjof Nansen Institute in Oslo, said…
President Donald Trump has called former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi a “disgusting degenerate” in a Truth Social post, accusing the longtime Democratic U.S. representative for California’s husband of using insider information to profit from the stock market. The attack coincides with growing momentum for a congressional stock trading ban. Newsweek contacted Nancy Pelosi via telephone…
President Donald Trump labeled Charlamagne tha God a “low IQ individual” after the radio host suggested conservative Republicans will use the storm around the so-called Jeffrey Epstein files to take the party back from the MAGA movement. Why It Matters The U.S. president has tried to get the MAGA community’s attention off the figure of…
When President Donald Trump revealed that his administration had struck a “massive” trade and investment deal with Japan, he described it as “completed”—but it must still pass the Japanese parliament, called the Diet, which is riven with political turmoil. The deal will likely require—at least in part, if not in full—approval by the Diet, where…
President Donald Trump reacted on Tuesday to new reporting from CNN featuring newly-surfaced photos of the late disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein attending Trump’s 1993 wedding to Marla Maples. Asked to respond to the report, Trump told CNN in a phone call: “You’ve got to be kidding me.” The president also repeatedly called the outlet “fake…
President Donald Trump threatened to sue the Wall Street Journal over a story it published Thursday saying he sent a letter to the late disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on Epstein’s 50th birthday. The Context The letter bearing Trump’s name, reviewed by the Journal, is dated 2003 and is said to feature several…
Donald Trump’s standing with America’s middle-income earners has taken a sharp hit, with new polling showing that recent gains in approval among this crucial voting bloc have reversed course. Trump made inroads with middle-class voters in the 2024 election, who previously broke for the Democrats by around 56 percent in 2020, with 42 percent of…
The United States should not use tariffs to bully other countries, China said on Friday, as U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio played down the possibility that tariffs could enable China to forge closer ties with angry U.S. allies. Rubio, in Malaysia for a Southeast Asian regional meeting, said he had positive talks with his…