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EU chief welcomes Trump’s tariff pause but is quiet about the bloc’s own retaliatory duty plan
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Thursday welcomed President Donald Trump’s decision to temporarily halt ...
2 leading Turkish journalists are detained on charges their newspapers say are based on their work
Two of Turkey’s leading journalists were detained Thursday on what their newspapers said were false charges stemming from their work. Writers Timur Soykan of BirGun and ...
New Zealand lawmakers reject proposed law to redefine the country’s founding Treaty of Waitangi
New Zealand lawmakers dealt an overwhelming defeat Thursday to a controversial proposed law seeking to redefine the country’s ...
Defense chiefs from around 30 countries expected at NATO for talks on a future Ukraine force
Britain and France are convening a meeting of defense ministers from around 30 countries on Thursday to press ahead with ...
China reaches out to others as Trump layers on tariffs
China is reaching out to other nations as the U.S. layers on more tariffs, in what appears to be an attempt by Beijing to ...
Live updates: Trump issues 90-day tariff pause; House sets up final vote on budget plan
President Trump on Wednesday announced a 90-day pause and lowered reciprocal taxes on U.S. trading partners that have not ...
GOP Sen. on Trump’s trade policy: ‘I don’t know what the endgame is here yet’
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) expressed uncertainty about President Trump’s trade policy to CNN’s Manu Raju on Wednesday. “I ...
House GOP tees up final vote on budget blueprint as conservative opposition hardens
House Republicans on Wednesday advanced the Senate’s blueprint to enact key parts of President Trump’s legislative agenda, ...
Trump SEC Chair pick Paul Atkins confirmed by Senate
The Senate confirmed Paul Atkins as the next Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) leader.  Atkins, a former Republican ...
50 years later, Vietnam’s battlefields draw retrospective veterans and other tourists
Hamburger Hill, Hue, the Ia Drang Valley, Khe Sanh: Some remember the Vietnam War battles from the headlines of the 1960s and ...
Stefanik returns to House GOP leadership and committees after UN nomination withdrawal
Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) is getting a seat back at the House GOP leadership table and her spots back on House committees ...
Elon Musk’s attorney running to succeed Paxton as Texas attorney general
Tech billionaire Elon Musk’s attorney John Bash is running to succeed Ken Paxton (R) as Texas’s attorney general, becoming ...