• 6 takeaways from Trump's meeting with Chinese leader Xi

    6 takeaways from Trump's meeting with Chinese leader Xi

    Oct 30, 2025 03:41 PM EST

    ... China and the U.S. likewise said they would not impose higher port fees on each other's vessels. In his post on Truth Social, Trump said China had agreed to begin purchasing oil and gas from Alaska, adding that officials would be meeting to see “if such an Energy ...

  • China says it will work with U.S. to resolve TikTok issues after Trump-Xi meeting

    China says it will work with U.S. to resolve TikTok issues after Trump-Xi meeting

    Oct 30, 2025 02:53 PM EST

    Trump’s order was meant to enable an American-led group of investors to buy the app from China’s ByteDance, though the deal also requires China’s approval. However, TikTok deal is “not really a big thing for Xi Jinping,” said Bonnie Glaser, managing director of the German Marshall ...

  • Trump cuts tariffs on China after Xi meeting

    Trump cuts tariffs on China after Xi meeting

    Oct 30, 2025 02:43 PM EST

    ... April, he announced plans to jack the rate on Chinese goods to 145%, only to abandon those plans as markets recoiled. Then, on Oct. 10, Trump threatened a 100% import tax because of China's rare earth restrictions. That figure, including past tariffs, would now be 47% “effective immediately,” Trump ...

  • Trump says U.S. will share tech that lets South Korea build a nuclear-powered submarine

    Trump says U.S. will share tech that lets South Korea build a nuclear-powered submarine

    Oct 29, 2025 11:37 PM EST

    GYEONGJU, South Korea (AP) — The United States will share closely held technology to allow South Korea to build a nuclear-powered submarine, President Donald Trump said on social media Thursday after meeting with the country’s president. President Lee Jae Myung stressed to Trump in their Wednesday meeting that the ...

  • Jonathan Karl explores Trump's focus on retribution in new book

    Jonathan Karl explores Trump's focus on retribution in new book

    Oct 29, 2025 10:25 PM EST

    ... out about it. But I think that idea is gaining some traction and it needs to be watched, because I'm not so sure that Trump is ready to hand over the baton. He may understand that the 22nd Amendment would make it impossible to run again. But if he ...

  • Federal trial over whether Trump can deploy National Guard to Portland begins

    Federal trial over whether Trump can deploy National Guard to Portland begins

    Oct 29, 2025 05:45 PM EST

    ... police have also been “gassed by federal law enforcement” and, on at least one occasion, hit with a crowd-control projectile, the brief said. The Trump administration says the Portland Police Bureau has been unwilling to help control the protests, describing authorities in a trial brief as “unhelpful and at ...

  • Trump Jr. mocks 'No Kings' protesters at business summit hosted by Saudi royals

    Trump Jr. mocks 'No Kings' protesters at business summit hosted by Saudi royals

    Oct 29, 2025 05:37 PM EST

    ... a trip to Washington next month. Speaking alongside Omeed Malik of 1789 Capital, Donald Trump Jr. criticized Democratic Party policies and protesters targeting his father. Trump invests in 1789 and continues to work in the real estate arm of the family, the Trump Organization, which has expanded its Mideast offerings ...

  • Senate votes to block tariffs on Brazil. It shows some pushback to Trump trade policy

    Senate votes to block tariffs on Brazil. It shows some pushback to Trump trade policy

    Oct 29, 2025 04:43 PM EST

    Republicans have also been increasingly uneasy with Trump's aggressive trade policy, especially at a time of turmoil for the economy. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said last month that Trump's tariff policy is one of several factors that are expected to increase jobless rates and inflation and lower ...

  • North Korea touts missile tests as Trump visits South Korea

    North Korea touts missile tests as Trump visits South Korea

    Oct 29, 2025 03:47 PM EST

    ... s assured it would get big U.S. concessions like extensive relief of sanctions. But others say North Korea would find it difficult to ignore Trump's repeated outreach because doing so could make it a less important foreign policy agenda for Trump. Trump earlier said he would be willing ...

  • Trump says 'it's too bad' he can't run for a third term

    Trump says 'it's too bad' he can't run for a third term

    Oct 29, 2025 02:21 PM EST

    ... of trying to stay in power. Hats saying "Trump 2028" are passed out as souvenir keepsakes to lawmakers and others visiting the White House, and Trump's former 2016 campaign chief-turned-podcaster Stephen Bannon has revived the idea of a third Trump term. Trump told reporters Monday on Air ...