President Xi Jinping of China is buying time for Beijing and may see an opening with a U.S. president weakened by the war in Iran.President Xi Jinping of China, seen here in Beijing on Tuesday, has been seeking to redefine the terms of how China and the United States should engage.
President Trump’s visit to Beijing comes as relations with China have become more combative.President Richard M. Nixon visiting Beijing in 1972.
Past meetings between the presidents of the U.S. and China have involved friendly displays of cultural exchange. Those gestures have largely dried up.President Trump and the first lady, Melania Trump, with the Chinese leader, Xi Jinping, and his wife, Peng Liyuan, during a tour of the Forbidden City
President Trump’s pick to replace Jerome H. Powell takes the helm at a highly uncertain moment for the economy and with heightened concern about the Federal Reserve’s ability to operate independently.Kevin M. Warsh has vowed to embark on “regime change” at the Federal Reserve.
The decision, in which judges cited jury interference by a court clerk, upends one of America’s highest-profile homicide cases.Alex Murdaugh, convicted of killing his wife, Maggie, and younger son, Paul, in June 2021, sits during a hearing on a motion for a retrial in 2024.
A court overturned the murder convictions against Alex Murdaugh, who had been found guilty in the killing of his wife and younger son. Here are the basics of the entire case.Alex Murdaugh at his bond hearing in September 2021 after surrendering to face insurance fraud and other charges.
The president’s top military adviser is walking a tightrope as he leads the military through a divisive and unpopular war.In public, Gen. Dan Caine has avoided discussing with lawmakers the broader U.S. military strategy.
Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska became the latest Republican to switch her vote to halt the conflict and require President Trump to win congressional approval to continue it.Senator Lisa Murkowski, Republican of Alaska, during a committee hearing. She previously opposed similar resolutions.
The claim and the denial signaled both how close Israel and the United Arab Emirates have become, and how delicate that relationship remains.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel in Jerusalem in April.
The aging statesman braved rough seas and arduous carriage rides to reach Paris, where he persuaded the French to back the American rebels. We followed in his footsteps.
Asked if he was motivated by Americans’ financial woes to make a deal to end the war with Iran, he responded, “Not even a little bit.”
Vice President JD Vance said that California had failed to combat fraud in Medicaid.
The unusual ruling came after the judge found that the Trump administration had most likely violated the law by deporting the 55-year-old woman to the African country despite its refusal to take her.The Colombian woman and other migrants are housed in a hotel outside Kinshasa, the capital of the Dem
The move escalates the administration’s feud with legal disciplinary bodies over the ethical conduct of government lawyers.Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, accused the D.C. Bar, which handles complaints of lawyer misconduct, of acting as a “blatantly partisan arm of leftist causes.”
A YouTube series starring Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and his family is part of the nation’s 250th anniversary celebrations, but it doubled as a family excursion for them.Mr. Duffy has insisted that the department’s career ethics and budget officials reviewed and approved his participation i
Kouri Richins, 36, who wrote a children’s book about grief after murdering Eric Richins, will serve without the option of parole.Kouri Richins, right, at a sentencing hearing in Park City, Utah, on Wednesday.
Denise Powell prevailed in a close primary race for an Omaha-based seat, currently held by a retiring Republican, that could help determine control of the House.Denise Powell narrowly won a Democratic House primary that featured an unusual argument: that electing her chief party rival, State Senator
Gov. Brian Kemp, a Republican, also asked lawmakers to delay changes to the state’s election system that could cause disarray in the midterms.Gov. Brian Kemp of Georgia on Wednesday called lawmakers back to the State Capitol next month to redraw the state’s legislative districts for the 2028 electio
A diet inspired by the Bible has found new audiences online in the Make America Healthy Again era.
Rudolph W. Giuliani, the 81-year-old former New York City mayor, was in critical condition with pneumonia in a Florida hospital earlier this month.Rudolph W. Giuliani, who led New York City in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, later became a close ally and personal lawyer to President
The woman, who was a passenger on the MV Hondius, was breathing with the help of an artificial lung, officials in Paris said.Passengers after disembarking from the MV Hondius on Monday.
The passenger, who had tested positive once in the Canary Islands, was being monitored in a special biocontainment facility in Omaha, until a new test came back negative.American passengers from the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship were being monitored at the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha.
In her second pop-science book, theoretical cosmologist Chanda Prescod-Weinstein returns to her celestial and cultural roots.
In Beijing this week, Mr. Trump should not hand China more victories.
