Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says the high-level meeting was ’very successful.’ South Korea and the United States agreed on Thursday to pursue a trade deal that will help Seoul avoid U.S. tariffs before President Donald Trump’s 90-day pause on reciprocal tariffs ends in July. South Korean Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok announced the deal after he
The Trump administration praised Paraguay for designating Iran’s IRGC, Hamas and Hezbollah as terror groups, calling it a key move to cut off Tehran’s global terror reach.
Pope Francis as a model for the next leader Will Catholic Church look to Pope Francis as a model for the next leader? 03:50 Former President Joe Biden, who maintained a close working and personal relationship with Pope Francis dating back to the late pontiff’s visit to the United States in 2015, is expected to
‘They had a meeting this morning,’ the president told reporters. President Donald Trump rejected China’s claims that the two nations had not engaged in talks on trade amid an ongoing tariff war between the two. “They had a meeting this morning,” Trump told reporters, without specifying who was negotiating on behalf of the United States
A political organization co-founded by David Hogg is dedicating $20 million to primary Democratic incumbents. Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairman Ken Martin on Thursday rebuked DNC Vice Chair David Hogg’s plan to fund primary challenges against some incumbents within his own party. Hogg, a 25-year-old survivor of the Parkland High School shooting and one of
The order directs agencies to certify that continuing employment for any probationary employee ‘advances the public interest’ before they can gain tenure. President Donald Trump is ordering a major overhaul to the process by which agencies evaluate probationary federal workers before they can gain full employment status and job protections. In an April 24 executive
Each state party will receive a baseline of $17,500 a month. The Democratic National Committee (DNC) will provide $1 million every month over the next four years to state parties across the country as part of its “organize everywhere, win anywhere” strategy. DNC Chair Ken Martin said on Thursday this is “the DNC’s largest investment