The Trump administration will meet with officials from over 50 nations on Wednesday to expand Project Vault, its $12 billion reserve for critical minerals, in a bid to end reliance on China. Vice President JD Vance and Secretary Marco Rubio will meet with representatives from Europe, Asia and Africa to expand this effort into a…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Monday asked the Supreme Court to allow it to fire the director of the U.S. Copyright Office. The administration’s newest emergency appeal to the high court was filed a month and a half after a federal appeals court in Washington held that the official, Shira Perlmutter, could not…
(Bloomberg) — The Trump administration is launching a trade investigation that opens the door to new tariffs on Chinese goods, ratcheting up tensions ahead of a highly anticipated summit next week between the countries’ leaders. Most Read from Bloomberg US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on Friday announced the opening of a probe into whether China…
The Trump administration insists it holds the upper hand as trade friction with Beijing has reignited over its sweeping rare-earths export controls. While President Donald Trump’s initial response was to announce an additional 100% tariff and software restrictions on China, which controls more than 90% of the world’s processed rare earths and rare earth magnets,…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Friday asked the Supreme Court to allow the deployment of National Guard troops in the Chicago area, escalating President Donald Trump’s conflict with Democratic governors over using the military on U.S. soil. The emergency appeal to the high court came after a judge prevented, for at least two…
By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -The 20 points that U.S. President Donald Trump announced this week under his plan to end the war in Gaza were not in line with a draft presented to him by a group of Muslim-majority countries, Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said on Friday. The group had proposed a full…
(Reuters) -The Trump administration is seeking an equity stake of as much as 10% in Lithium Americas (LAC) as it renegotiates terms of the company’s $2.26 billion Energy Department loan for its Thacker Pass lithium project with General Motors (GM), two people familiar with the discussions told Reuters. The proposed stake is the latest example…
The Trump administration said Tuesday it will begin to interview neighbors and colleagues of some immigrants applying for U.S. citizenship, restoring a practice that hasn’t been used since the George H.W. Bush administration. In a policy memorandum dated Aug. 22, but released publicly Tuesday, the agency said it would end a longstanding waiver to a…
The Trump administration halted construction on a nearly complete offshore wind project near Rhode Island as the White House continues to attack the battered U.S. offshore wind industry that scientists say is crucial to the urgent fight against climate change. Danish wind farm developer Orsted says the Revolution Wind project is about 80% complete, with…
The Trump administration began sending letters on Monday to U.S. trade partners that higher import tariffs could kick in by Aug. 1. President Donald Trump’s 90-day pause on the April 2 “reciprocal” tariffs was set to end Wednesday. Trump signed an executive order Monday delaying Wednesday’s tariff deadline by a little over three weeks. Trump…