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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 — imposing tariffs, cutting off access to advanced technology and pressing U.S. allies to reduce their dependence on Beijing.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 21: Law enforcement secures an entrance to the United Nations (UN) during the start of the General Assembly on September 21, 2026, in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty Images World leaders descended on New York this week for the annual United Nations General

President Donald Trump on Tuesday focused on a wide range of threats the U.S. faces from abroad during an address to the United Nations General Assembly in Manhattan. Trump defended his decision to launch a war against Iran, accusing the Islamic Republic of seeking to erect a defensive missile arsenal before making a “mad dash

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, 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, a day after Trump announced he would bar them from working there. “This ban could

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

SANA’A, YEMEN – SEPTEMBER 11: Followers of Yemen’s Houthi participate in a rally to celebrate the group’s takeover of the strategic port city of Mocha and the Bab El-Mandeb Strait on September 11, 2026 in Sana’a, Yemen. (Photo by Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images) Mohammed Hamoud | Getty Images News | Getty Images The U.S. State Department

President Donald Trump on Friday announced an agreement with Greenland and Denmark that gives the U.S. what he described as “permanent control over security, and all other needs” in the Danish island territory. “We will immediately begin the process of developing a large Military presence in the appropriate part of Greenland, of which there are

Journalists from MS NOW, CNN and Politico were denied access to the White House grounds on Saturday, one day after President Donald Trump said he is banning the three outlets over their coverage of him. White House reporter Akayla Gardner said MS NOW journalists were blocked from the grounds for the first time Saturday morning. “Yesterday our

President Donald Trump said Friday that he is banning MS NOW, CNN and Politico from the White House over their coverage of him. Trump said in a Truth Social post that those outlets “shouldn’t be able to constantly write or report FICTION and LIES when they’re covering the President of the United States, the Trump

Governor Gavin Newsom attends the 94th Annual Meeting of the United States Conference of Mayors in Long Beach, California, June 4, 2026. Myraneli Fabian | Anadolu | Getty Images California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday issued an executive order aimed at addressing the potential dangers related to artificial intelligence. Newsom is part of a group

A United Nations fact-finding mission said there was evidence to believe that the U.S. committed war crimes during the Iran war, lending credibility to Tehran’s similar claims. There are “reasonable grounds” to believe that Washington’s forces “committed the war crime of launching indiscriminate attacks resulting in the loss of life or injury to civilians or

US President Donald Trump is seen aboard Air Force One checking a Kennedy Center large printout after landing at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland on September 16, 2026. Brendan Smialowski | Afp | Getty Images A new photo shows President Donald Trump eyeing a poster that appears to reference the John F. Kennedy Center for the

Mark Walter chief executive officer of Guggenheim Partners, primary owner and chairman of Major League Baseball’s Los Angeles Dodgers and a 12.7% of BlueCo, a holding company that controls Premier League club Chelsea on the field after the FIFA Club World Cup Final against Paris Saint-Germain on July, 13, 2025 at MetLife Stadium in East

U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) speaks during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol on April 27, 2026, in Washington, DC. Heather Diehl | Getty Images The U.S. House is expected to pass a Russia sanctions bill introduced over a year ago by the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., on Wednesday afternoon, sending it to

The House could vote as early as Tuesday night on a bill that aims to curb data center-related utility bill rate hikes, as backlash to the proliferating facilities grows ahead of the 2026 midterm election. The bipartisan bill — dubbed the Ratepayer Protection Act — would establish standards that state regulators could adopt to require

US President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with travel industry executives in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on Sept. 2, 2026. Brendan Smialowski | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Tuesday blasted the Supreme Court for blocking a new controversial U.S. Postal Service rule on mail-in ballots

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., questions U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer during the Senate Finance Committee hearing titled “The President’s 2026 Trade Policy Agenda,” in Dirksen building on Wednesday, July 22, 2026. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Senate Banking Committee ranking member Elizabeth Warren will rip the cryptocurrency market structure bill known