• Analysis: Trump's truce with China on tariffs comes at a cost to U.S. credibility

    Analysis: Trump's truce with China on tariffs comes at a cost to U.S. credibility

    May 18, 2025 10:01 PM EDT

    ... trade restrictions.In April, while direct trade with the United States plunged, Chinese exports surged to Southeast Asian countries. After locally performing some minimal transformational work, the goods can be re-exported to the rest of the world, including the United States, without the penalty of China specific tariffs. WATCH ...

  • In 'The Emperor of Gladness,' Ocean Vuong explores chosen family and acts of kindness

    In 'The Emperor of Gladness,' Ocean Vuong explores chosen family and acts of kindness

    May 16, 2025 10:30 PM EDT

    ... found family, chosen family. But there's a huge sector, I think, I wanted to tap into, which is the circumstantial family, the family at work, the family cobbled arbitrarily together during a shift. And there's an intimacy and bond and kinship there that actually corrodes ideology. We all ...

  • What's inside the House GOP's budget bill? Here's a look

    What's inside the House GOP's budget bill? Here's a look

    May 16, 2025 09:34 PM EDT

    ... the end of 2028. That's also the case for a $4,000 increase in the standard deduction for seniors. Parents and older Americans face work requirements for food assistance House Republicans are looking to shift some of the costs of the Supplemental Nutrition and Assistance Program, known as SNAP ...

  • Trump arrives in Saudi Arabia as he sets new course for American policy in Middle East

    Trump arrives in Saudi Arabia as he sets new course for American policy in Middle East

    May 13, 2025 10:55 PM EDT

    ... Hour" the U.S. is endorsing future Saudi civil nuclear energy. President Trump said today the new Middle East is being forged despite his predecessors' work.Donald Trump: The gleaming marvels of Riyadh and Abu Dhabi were not created by the so-called nation-builders, neocons or liberal nonprofits like ...

  • News Wrap: U.S. and Ukraine sign minerals deal

    News Wrap: U.S. and Ukraine sign minerals deal

    May 01, 2025 10:40 PM EDT

    ... kept in place so-called temporary protected status for the migrants, or TPS. The program allows people already in the U.S. to live and work legally because their native countries are considered unsafe. The Trump administration is pushing for more behavioral therapy for transgender youth, instead of gender-affirming ...

  • From Taipei to Turkey, 'Trumpization' looms over international May Day marches

    From Taipei to Turkey, 'Trumpization' looms over international May Day marches

    May 01, 2025 04:31 PM EDT

    ... said Ángel López, 56, a worker from Madrid. “The arrival of the far right to a country like the United States is a major global shift.” Trump-fueled economic fears raised in Asia protests Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te cited the new U.S. tariffs under Trump as he ...

  • Americans expect higher prices from Trump's tariffs, new poll shows

    Americans expect higher prices from Trump's tariffs, new poll shows

    Apr 24, 2025 05:27 PM EDT

    ... into the U.S. from other countries. That’s up slightly from January, when a poll found that 46% were against tariffs. Driving that small shift largely appears to be adults under age 30 who didn’t previously have an opinion on tariffs. Trump supporter Janice Manis, 63, said her ...

  • How Springfield and its Haitian immigrants are still dealing with election’s spotlight

    How Springfield and its Haitian immigrants are still dealing with election’s spotlight

    Apr 23, 2025 10:25 PM EDT

    ... her thinking about Haitians as individuals. Diana Daniels: I know a lot of Haitians. I have several that live next to the store where I work. I have had plenty of conversations, conversations that I wish I'd never had, because they're things I didn't want to know ...

  • State Department unveils massive overhaul of agency, 15 percent staff reduction

    State Department unveils massive overhaul of agency, 15 percent staff reduction

    Apr 22, 2025 04:33 PM EDT

    ... eliminate some offices previously under the Undersecretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights, but the fact sheet says that much of their work will continue in other sections of the department. It is unclear if the reorganization would be implemented through an executive order or other means ...

  • Trump considers pausing his auto tariffs to give carmakers more time

    Trump considers pausing his auto tariffs to give carmakers more time

    Apr 14, 2025 08:59 PM EDT

    ... Greer. "The EU remains constructive and ready for a fair deal — including reciprocity through our 0-for-0 tariff offer on industrial goods and the work on non-tariff barriers," Šefčovič said. The U.S. president also said that he spoke with Apple CEO Tim Cook and “helped” him recently ...