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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (L), Russian President Vladimir Putin (C), and Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) arrive for a photo during the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, on Oct. 23, 2024. Maxim Shipenkov/AFP U.S. President Donald Trump on Sept. 9 urged European Union officials to impose tariffs of up to 100 percent on China

(L–R) Associate Justices Amy Coney Barrett, Sonia Sotomayor, Ketanji Brown Jackson, and Elena Kagan pose at a courtesy visit in the Justices Conference Room prior to the investiture ceremony for Jackson as an associate justice, in Washington on Sept. 30, 2022. Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States via Getty Images Supreme Court

Stephen Miran, nominee for the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, testifies before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 4, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times Stephen Miran, head of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, inched one step closer to joining the Federal Reserve Board of

Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) speaks during a meeting of the House Committee on Rules at the US Capitol in Washington on July 12, 2022. Oliver Contreras/AFP via Getty Images WASHINGTON—A bipartisan group of lawmakers from the U.S. House of Representatives will make an official trip to China later this month, led by Democratic U.S. Representative