LONDON — President Trump arrived in the United Kingdom on Tuesday for a state visit during which the British government hopes a multibillion-dollar technology deal will show the trans-Atlantic bond remains strong despite differences over Ukraine, the Middle East and the future of the Western alliance. State visits in Britain blend 21st century diplomacy with royal pageantry….
Americans just keep spending. Retail sales in August rose 0.6% from the prior month, more than the 0.2% expected and the latest sign that US consumers continue to be resilient in the face of a labor market that has shown some signs of stress. Excluding spending on cars and gas, sales rose 0.7% last month….
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who is leading the US delegation during ongoing talks with Chinese trade officials in Spain, reiterated on Tuesday that he expects a finalized TikTok deal to be announced after President Trump and Xi Jinping talk on Friday. The talks in Spain are set to continue through Wednesday. “We were able to…
US stock futures climbed on Tuesday after the Senate confirmed President Trump’s pick, Stephen Miran, as a Federal Reserve board governor, following another record-setting day on Wall Street. Futures attached to the Dow Jones Industrial Average (YM=F) rose just above the flatline, the benchmark S&P 500 (ES=F) edged higher 0.2%, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100…
President Trump will arrive in London on Tuesday evening for a state visit. If the news sounds familiar, that’s because it is. The president already visited the United Kingdom once in his formal capacity as U.S. head of state, during his first term in 2019. Second state visits, it turns out, are exceedingly rare —…
00:00 Speaker A Let’s talk about China. The economy there’s slowing in August. That’s according to release from the National Bureau of Statistics. Retail sales, industrial output, and fixed asset investment among the measures expanding less than expected. My next guest says there are still opportunities for investors to buy into Chinese companies. 00:23 Speaker…
On February 13, 2025, President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order establishing the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission, chaired by Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The order directs the commission to study “the childhood chronic disease crisis,” explicitly citing autism spectrum disorder. According to the executive order, “ASD…
The president is pressuring NATO allies to stop purchasing oil from Russia, saying if they continue to do so, he’ll enact sanctions alongside them. Currently Turkey, Hungary, and Slovakia buy Russian oil, and others purchase Russian natural gas. Russia uses the profits to wage war in Ukraine. Now President Trump says NATO should also. Tariffs…
The US and China headed into a second day of talks on Sunday and discussed trade, the economy and TikTok during a day of high-level talks in Madrid, a Treasury official confirmed. The US team, led by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, met with the Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng for…
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is in Madrid for talks with China. For two months, Chinese diplomats have courted the White House, hoping to lock in a visit by President Trump to China that would grant leader Xi Jinping a significant diplomatic victory, according to people familiar with the matter. PREMIUM China Pushes for Trump…