California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday his state will file a lawsuit challenging President Trump’s authority to impose sweeping tariffs that have set off a global trade war. The suit will argue Mr. Trump’s use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to impose tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China or a 10% tariff on…
A Reform UK MP has claimed a campaign sign has been torn down just weeks before a crunch set of Local Elections across England. The sign, erected in Selston in Nottinghamshire, was left without Reform UK’s badge at its centre, leaving the message: “On Thursday, May 1 – Vote.” Ashfield MP Lee Anderson issued a…
JOHANNESBURG — An American pastor who was kidnapped last week by armed and masked men during a sermon in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa was rescued on Tuesday after three of his abductors engaged in gunfire with officials and were killed, police reported Wednesday. What You Need To Know South African law enforcement…
Trump golf course plot not guilty plea Trump golf course assassination plot suspect pleads not guilty 04:12 A man accused of trying to assassinate President Trump at his Florida golf club last September can hire an expert to examine the rifle recovered from the scene, but only to determine its operability, a federal judge said…
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – China’s President Xi Jinping has arrived in Malaysia as part of a Southeast Asian tour which is seen as delivering a personal message that Beijing is a more reliable trading partner than the United States amid a bruising trade war with Washington. Xi arrived in the capital, Kuala Lumpur, on Tuesday…
New York Attorney General Letitia James’ office is scrutinizing whether insider trading took place in connection with President Trump’s 90-day pause on customized “reciprocal” tariffs announced last week. The examination is in its preliminary stages and is not yet a full-fledged probe, James’ office confirmed to The Post Tuesday. It was not immediately clear whether…
[Ray Bogan] It’s a practice normally reserved for diplomats in Russia and China. The European Commission is giving burner phones and laptops to its staff members coming to the United States. According to a report in the Financial Times, commissioners and senior officials coming to Washington DC next week for the the International Monetary Fund…
U.S. President Donald Trump‘s moves to take China to task on trade are likely to backfire as his sweeping global tariffs hit allies as well as rivals, according to former national security advisor John Bolton. “This is certainly not the way you treat your friends. You don’t slap them in the face publicly and say,…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday suggested that he might temporarily exempt the auto industry from tariffs he previously imposed on the sector, to give carmakers time to adjust their supply chains. “I’m looking at something to help some of the car companies with it,” Trump told reporters gathered in the Oval Office….
Amnesty International Hong Kong Overseas will be led by Hong Kong activists operating from different countries. Amnesty International has relaunched its Hong Kong office “in exile”, more than three years after the rights group shut its operation in the Chinese financial hub citing risks from sweeping national security legislation. The Chinese government has tightened its…