Breaking down Trump’s latest trade deals Breaking down Trump’s trade deals with Japan, Philippines and Indonesia 06:28 President Trump said on Friday there is a “50/50 chance, maybe less than that” of his administration striking a trade deal with the European Union ahead of a looming deadline next week. Mr. Trump, who made the comments
With little say in the ongoing debate over redrawing congressional districts in their home state, Texas Democratic state legislators are looking beyond their borders for help. Separate delegations of Texas Democrats are flying Friday to Sacramento to meet with California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Chicago to see Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker. The move comes as
CATL, a Chinese electric battery maker, displays its wares at the 2019 IAA Frankfurt Auto Show in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, on Sept. 11, 2019. Sean Gallup/Getty Images The House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party has issued subpoenas to JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America, requiring the banks to provide documents related to
Balmedie, Scotland — President Trump is due to arrive in Scotland Friday for a four-day private trip — his first to the U.K since he was re-elected. The White House says he’ll meet near the end of his visit with Prime Minister Keir Starmer to discuss trade, but he’ll also be opening a brand-new course at
San Diego — The United States and Mexico have signed an agreement outlining specific steps and a new timetable to clean up the longstanding problem of the Tijuana River pouring sewage across the border and polluting California beaches, officials from both countries announced Thursday. Billions of gallons of sewage and toxic chemicals from Tijuana have
Abigail Spanberger, Democratic candidate for Virginia’s Seventh District in the U.S. House of Representatives, speaks at an election eve rally at John R. Tucker High School in Richmond, Va., Nov. 5, 2018. Win McNamee/Getty Images WASHINGTON—Virginia will hold an election on Nov. 4 to choose its 75th governor. The incumbent, Glenn Youngkin, is ineligible for
Immediately after taking office in July 2020, George Mason University president Gregory Washington announced a flurry of race-conscious initiatives aimed at changing the way the school hired, promoted, and paid faculty members. They included plans to “recognize the invisible and uncredited emotional labor that people of color expend” during the school’s tenure process and to