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President Donald J. Trump during an announcement on healthcare in the Oval Office, at the White House, in Washington, Sept. 18, 2026. Evan Vucci | Reuters President Donald Trump has spent years trying to squeeze China β imposing tariffs, cutting off access to advanced technology and pressing U.S. allies to reduce their dependence on Beijing….
US President Donald Trump speaks during an announcement in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, Sept. 18, 2026. Samuel Corum | Bloomberg | Getty Images The U.S. Department of Justice late Tuesday evening urged a federal judge not to block President Donald Trump’s total ban of three news…
President Donald Trump disclosed, in a filing released Tuesday, more than 1,100 securities transactions made on his behalf in July, including sales of as much as $25 million each of Microsoft and Amazon shares, as his sprawling investment portfolio underwent another month of heavy trading. The 1,156 purchases and sales totaled between roughly $79 million…
Cars form long queues to refuel at a Rosneft petrol station in St. Petersburg, Russia, on September 15, 2026. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to pressure his Ukrainian counterpart to agree to an energy truce with Russia in a high-stakes meeting on Tuesday, saying that Moscow has “unfortunately…
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks on CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” Sept. 21, 2026. CNBC All Iranian airlines will be shut down from Sept. 23, according to U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. Speaking to CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” Bessent added, “How do we do that? That if they land, you cannot provide them with fuel. You cannot provide…
MS NOW, CNN and Politico sued President Donald Trump on Monday morning in Washington, D.C., federal court, seeking to reverse his total ban on those three media outlets from the White House. Journalists from the outlets were prevented from entering the White House on Saturday and had their credentials taken away, a day after Trump…
Smoke rises from the area of the Russian oil producer Gazprom Neft’s Moscow oil refinery as seen from Dzerzhinsky in the Moscow region on September 20, 2026. AFP | Getty Images Russia’s ruling United Russia party is on track to comfortably win a tightly controlled wartime election after Ukraine launched what is thought to be…
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng shake hands during trade talks at OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) headquarters in Paris, France, March 16, 2026. The U.s. Treasury | Via Reuters Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Sunday he had a successful meeting with Chinese Vice Premier…
Plumes of smoke rise from fires at an oil refinery following what the authorities say is a Ukrainian drone strike in the course of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, in Moscow, Russia, Sept. 20, 2026. Stringer | Reuters Ukraine launched what Moscow’s mayor called the biggest drone attack yet on the Russian capital on Sunday, as Russians…
Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump said in a social media post on Saturday that he plans to appoint a new artificial intelligence adviser, known as an “AI czar,” and create an “AI force,” though he did not provide details about either initiative or how they would be implemented. Fears are growing…