Updated Sept. 18, 2026, 6:10 p.m. ET WASHINGTON — The U.S. automotive industry’s top trade groups are urging President Donald Trump to “keep the door firmly shut” on Chinese automakers seeking to sell or build vehicles in the United States. “Chinese automakers have zero market share in the U.S. Allowing them to open a domestic…
Updated Aug. 31, 2026, 2:50 p.m. ET WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said American communities should accept data centers unless they want to be “backwards and poor” and warned “China could not be happier” as the massive facilities that power artificial intelligence face a bipartisan backlash across the country. Trump, who has stood firmly behind…
July 22, 2026, 1:34 p.m. ET The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee approved legislation on Wednesday to toughen a U.S. government ban on Chinese automakers entering the American market that could bar German automaker Mercedes-Benz from selling vehicles in the United States. Senator Ted Cruz, the committee chair and a Texas Republican, warned the bill’s provision that would…
July 21, 2026, 3:04 p.m. ET WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump on July 21 downplayed China’s meddling in United States elections ‒ suggesting the U.S. does similar things to them ‒ just five days after he accused Beijing of executing “the largest compromise of election data in history” in a primetime address to the nation….
July 17, 2026, 6:14 p.m. ET WASHINGTON – Among President Donald Trump’s many assertions about election insecurity in his July 16 nationwide address, perhaps none was more alarming than his accusation that China carried out the “largest compromise of election data in history” through its “illicit acquisition of 220 million U.S. voter files.” Not true,…
Updated July 17, 2026, 8:58 a.m. MT In a Thursday night address to the nation, President Donald Trump claimed China had meddled in U.S. elections. During the July 16 primetime address, Trump alleged that newly declassified documents would reveal Chinese efforts to interfere in multiple U.S. elections, including the 2020 election, when he lost to…
10:48 pm ETShare this update Trump-backed GOP Senate candidate thinks Americans should be ‘alarmed’ Terry Collins Georgia Rep. Mike Collins, who’s also the state’s Republican Senate candidate, said on social media Thursday that Americans should be “alarmed” by their enemies’ attempts to prevent secure elections, echoing sentiments in a speech made by President Donald Trump….
July 7, 2026, 12:25 p.m. ET Detroit — A day before he is set to debate the other two Republicans running to be Michigan’s next governor, Mike Cox lobbed the label of “hypocrite” at U.S. Rep. John James for his business dealings with China. Cox, the state’s former attorney general from 2003 through 2010, held…
June 8, 2026, 8:47 a.m. ET China will not swerve from its commitment to safeguarding common interests with North Korea or waver in its support for Kim Jong Un, President Xi Jinping told Pyongyang’s leader on Monday, June 8 during a rare summit. The neighbours should strengthen strategic ties and firmly protect their sovereignty, security, and development interests, Xi told Kim, an official Chinese summary of the meeting showed,…
Updated May 30, 2026, 1:31 p.m. ET A former Southern California mayor has pleaded guilty to acting as an illegal agent for the government of China, according to court proceedings Friday reported by People and CNN. Eileen Wang pleaded guilty in federal court Friday to charges that she secretly carried out work directed by Chinese…