The outcome of the trade negotiations could determine the trajectory of the global economy.Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is leading the American side in the negotiations with China, which are to begin on Saturday.
For years, the leader of China has planned to make the world dependent on its exports and know-how. But the strategy has costs for his own country.When the Trump administration put huge tariffs on Chinese goods, Xi Jinping was able to go on the offensive.
A movement of manufacturing to Vietnam that began in President Trump’s first term is accelerating as sky-high U.S. tariffs block Chinese exports.As orders become impossible to fulfill in China with tariffs of more than 145 percent, Chinese companies are trying to move manufacturing to Vietnam.
The agreement to lift the 25 percent duty on steel exported to the United States provided some relief for struggling businesses, but uncertainties for the industry remain.Marcegaglia’s cavernous plant in Sheffield, England.
Pakistan said it had fired missiles at military sites in India after accusing India of targeting at least three of its air bases. India said it had targeted the bases in response to a wave of Pakistani attacks.Smoke rising after an explosion in Jammu, in the India-controlled part of Kashmir, on Satu
An emergency ruling by a federal judge in California amounted to the broadest effort yet to halt the Trump administration’s overhaul of the federal government.Protesters outside the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston rallied in March to protect the jobs of embattled federal workers.
Stephen Miller, a top aide, repeated a justification used in the immigration crackdown: that the country is fighting an invasion. But it is unclear the president has the power to take such a step.Suspending habeas corpus is “an option we’re actively looking at,” Stephen Miller, the White House deput
The order, which would use state and local officers, among others, would represent an enormous expansion of immigration enforcement. But it is unclear how it would be paid for.Border Patrol agents processing a group of migrants in Sasabe, Ariz., in February.
Federal prosecutors released sworn statements and other records detailing key moments in a corruption case that roiled New York City.Mayor Eric Adams of New York was facing corruption charges before the Trump administration’s Justice Department asked for the case to be dismissed.
“This is like a reward from God,” a local parishioner said, as researchers unearthed more details about the lives of Leo XIV’s ancestors in the heart of the city’s Afro-Caribbean culture.A special mass was held in honor of the new pope on Friday at St. Louis Cathedral, a famed basilica in New Orlean
One cardinal who cast his ballot said the pope’s choice of the papal name Leo might signal a particular interest in workers’ rights.American cardinals at a news conference in Rome on Friday.
After Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was selected to become the leader of the Roman Catholic Church, offers began flooding in to buy this modest house outside Chicago, the real estate broker said.His new living quarters will be in the Apostolic Palace. But Pope Leo XIV once lived in this modest hou
While President Trump welcomed the U.S.-born cardinal as the new pope, top Trump allies criticized Leo XIV for his similarities to Pope Francis.Laura Loomer, center, a far-right activist who holds significant sway with President Trump, described Pope Leo XIV as “anti-Trump, anti-MAGA, pro-open Borde
Ras J. Baraka and city officials have said that the lockup is operating without a valid certificate of occupancy. Three members of Congress from New Jersey were with Mr. Baraka when he was arrested.
The student, Rumeysa Ozturk, was being detained in Louisiana. A federal judge said her detention threatened to chill the speech of millions of noncitizens and ordered her release.People rallied in support of Rumeysa Ozturk in April in front of a federal courthouse in Boston.
The Times found that federal agencies have revived dozens of contracts that Elon Musk’s group still publicly listed as canceled, inflating what it has saved.The reversals illustrate not only the struggles of Elon Musk’s team to produce accurate data about its results, but also the drawbacks of its f
He left conservatives bitterly disappointed with his migration from right to left, leading to the cry of “no more Souters.”Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter in 2003. Appointed in 1990, he had become known by the end of his second year on the Court for having surprised the president who appointed
The French and Ukrainian presidents have a particular bond, built on a common goal of protecting Ukraine and deflecting Russia.President Emmanuel Macron of France, right, and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine preparing to board a flight from a military airport near Paris in 2023.
On Saturday, the leaders of four major European powers — France, Germany, Britain and Poland — traveled to Kyiv in a display of European unity.Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany and President Emmanuel Macron of France, in Paris on Wednesday.
The military parade marking the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany was intended to impress allies and tap into Russia’s deep sense of national pride.Russian service members at the Victory Day parade in Moscow on Friday.
It has been 120 days since the last drawdown of weapons from Pentagon stockpiles was announced, outstripping Speaker Mike Johnson’s hold on Ukraine aid more than a year ago.An American-made Bradley Fighting Vehicle in the Donetsk region of Ukraine last year. The Trump administration has not sent new
The rapper and R&B star are taking victory laps for smash hits and albums. But their co-headlining tour is still threaded with angst and reflection.SZA and Kendrick Lamar onstage during the first night of their joint Grand National Tour at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., on Thursday night.
Future Forward, the big-money group supporting Kamala Harris’s presidential bid last year, resurfaced after her loss with an event in California.Some of the biggest names in Democratic politics came to the Ritz-Carlton resort in Half Moon Bay, Calif., this week for a closed-door conference hosted by
The air traffic control mishap early Friday morning added to disruptions in recent days that have intensified concerns about safety at one of the busiest U.S. airports.The outage at Newark Liberty International Airport on Friday lasted about 90 seconds and delayed flights for hours.
