As President Donald Trump pushes to revive domestic manufacturing and impose tariffs on other countries, Apple announced Monday that it will commit more than $500 billion to expanding its facilities and investments in the United States over the next four years. As part of the 12-figure commitment, the largest in Apple’s history, the company plans
Washington — President Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron, who is the first European leader to visit with the president at the White House since Mr. Trump’s return to office last month, are holding a press conference on Monday afternoon. Mr. Trump and Macron, who have a long-standing relationship after both came to office in 2017,
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has warned that terrorist groups are exploiting ungoverned regions in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, challenging the Biden administration’s claim that the United States can remotely monitor and eliminate terror threats. “I wouldn’t say it’s the pre-9/11 landscape, but I think any time you have governing spaces that are contested, that you don’t
In a win for Ukraine as it marks three years since Russia’s full-scale invasion, the United States on Monday failed to get the U.N. General Assembly to approve its resolution urging an end to the war without mentioning Moscow’s aggression. And the assembly approved a dueling European-backed Ukrainian resolution demanding Russia immediately withdraw from Ukraine. It
Washington — A federal judge in Maryland blocked the Trump administration on Monday from carrying out immigration enforcement actions at certain places of worship for Quakers, Cooperative Baptists and Sikhs, who filed a lawsuit challenging President Trump’s unwinding of a Biden-era memo that barred immigration arrests at certain protected locations. U.S. District Judge Theodore Chuang
Trump’s senior adviser Elon Musk warned that those who do not return could be placed on administrative leave. Federal employees who have been working from home are returning to offices this week, according to Trump administration senior adviser Elon Musk and several agency heads. Musk warned on social media on Monday that federal workers who
Former Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said Trump’s tariff plans could usher in a new era of free trade. On Inauguration Day, President Donald Trump issued a memorandum that said he will implement “a robust and reinvigorated trade policy” to bolster investment and productivity. A month later, the president imposed 10 percent additional tariffs on Chinese