Tesla CEO Elon Musk listens as U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on May 30, 2025. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images News Analysis Elon Musk’s feud with President Donald Trump has led the Tesla CEO to announce the formation of a third party—but that effort is
‘Chinese manufacturers didn’t just sit back and accept the cost’ of tariffs, a shipping expert said. Illustration by The Epoch Times, Shutterstock By Andrew Moran | July 09, 2025Updated:July 09, 2025 A centerpiece of President Donald Trump’s new trade agreement with Vietnam features a steep 40 percent tariff on transshipped goods. Transshipment is a trade
Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks at the start of a NATO leaders summit in The Hague, on June 25, 2025. Ludovic Marin/Via Reuters A delegation that includes U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, for a series of high-profile meetings between July 11 and July 12. Rubio’s first official
Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks at the start of a NATO leaders summit in The Hague, on June 25, 2025. Ludovic Marin/Via Reuters A delegation that includes U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on July 10 local time for a series of high-profile meetings between July 11 and July
A ship with the logo of BYD, a Chinese company, delivers vehicles at the Port of Itajaí in Santa Catarina, Brazil, on May 28, 2025. Anderson Cohelo/Reuters Among a batch of letters that President Donald Trump sent out to several U.S. trading partners on July 9 was one issued to Brazil threatening to impose a
Neil Jacobs, acting administrator for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, speaks at NOAA’s 2019 Hurricane Season Outlook press conference in Arlington, Va., on May 23, 2019. Win McNamee/Getty Images Just days after catastrophic flash floods devastated Central Texas, President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) told the Senate
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a multilateral lunch with African leaders in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington on July 9, 2025. The leaders of Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, and Senegal met with Trump during the luncheon. Win McNamee/Getty Images WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump met with the leaders of five West