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Trump administration seeks new path forward with tariffs after first attempt hit legal roadblocks
WASHINGTON | President Donald Trump is in a hurry to rebuild the tariff wall the Supreme Court tore down less than four months ago. The administration this week has proposed slapping double-digit tariffs on products from dozens of major U.S. trading partners after an investigation into imports of goods allegedly made with forced labor. And […]
With Trump in a holding pattern on Iran war, allies and critics worry he risks getting boxed in
WASHINGTON | President Donald Trump is facing warnings from foes and allies alike that he’s getting boxed in on the Iran war, a conflict he sold as a brief military incursion but that has since settled into a holding pattern. It’s been nearly a week since U.S. and Iranian negotiators reached a tentative agreement to […]
House votes to halt US military action in Iran, rebuking Trump’s war strategy
WASHINGTON | The House for the first time Wednesday approved a war powers resolution that would halt the U.S. military action against Iran, defying President Donald Trump as a handful of Republicans joined with Democrats to end the three-month-long conflict that has reordered politics at home and abroad. “The President’s war with Iran has been […]
The White House as a stage: Trump’s hosting streak meets America’s 250th birthday and the World Cup
WASHINGTON | When nearly all the scheduled musical performers pulled out of a concert series marking America’s 250th anniversary — fearing the event had become too closely tied to President Donald Trump — he responded by making it official. Trump announced he’d now be the headlining act of the Great American State Fair. That put […]
Ukrainian drones hit St Petersburg oil terminal before the Russian city hosts economic forum
Ukrainian long-range drones struck an oil terminal in St. Petersburg and set it ablaze, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday, as the Russian city hosts an annual international economic forum that is a banner event for President Vladimir Putin. The drones flew more than 1,000 kilometers (600 miles) to hit the terminal, Zelenskyy said on social […]
Raúl Castro turns 95 as Cuba celebrates enigmatic figure
Raúl Castro turned 95 on Wednesday, a landmark birthday for a man still helping lead one of the last communist countries in the world. His name and face became synonymous with the 1959 revolution led by his brother, Fidel Castro. Decades after the triumphant revolution, Fidel Castro stepped down, and Raúl Castro served as Cuba’s […]
Trump confirms he called Netanyahu ‘crazy,’ as he says Israel is complicating peace talks with Iran
BEIRUT | President Donald Trump in an interview released Wednesday confirmed an earlier report that he criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as “crazy” in a Monday phone call, saying he was “a little bit perturbed” that Israel’s fighting of Hezbollah in Lebanon was holding back peace talks with Iran. But even as the U.S. […]
Australian judges weigh Indigenous activist’s bid to prosecute King Charles for genocide
MELBOURNE, Australia | Three Australian appeals court judges reserved their decision Wednesday on whether an activist can prosecute Britain’s King Charles III for alleged genocide of Australia’s Indigenous people. Uncle Robbie Thorpe, 68, turned to the Supreme Court of Appeal in Victoria state after two lower courts rejected his bid to launch a private prosecution […]
Takeaways from Tuesday’s primaries as Democrats try to make Iowa inroads and defend California
WASHINGTON | The contours of a premier U.S. Senate race took shape Tuesday night in Iowa, while President Donald Trump’s endorsement streak ran into a roadblock there. Democrats chose a nominee for a U.S. House race in New Jersey that could decide control of the chamber. But much of the focus is on California, home […]
California governor’s primary pitted experience against promises of change
SACRAMENTO, Calif. | California’s crowded primary for governor remained unresolved early Wednesday after three leading candidates tested voters’ appetites for an experienced politician or promises of sweeping change. Though votes were still being counted, Democrats Xavier Becerra and Tom Steyer and Republican Steve Hilton started looking to November, laying out their visions for leading the […]