A law banning China-owned TikTok grew more likely, with its hitching to an aid bill for Ukraine and Israel set for a Saturday vote. Washington watchers put high odds on the ban going to the Senate next week, and then the White House for signing. “It’s going to pass this weekend, unless something really weird happens,” says Paul Gallant, of TD Cowen’s Washington Research Group.
Washington sanctions nearly 300 companies and individuals from China, Russia, Singapore, UAE and other countries
Xi Jinping has benefited in many ways from Vladimir Putin’s brutal invasion of Ukraine, not least in his single most important personal goal: to go down in history as the Chinese leader who annexed Taiwan in defiance of the West.
The former president floundered in the face of Roop Raj's response.
Father of Khaled Arouq, 16, joins calls to reform Palestinian Authority as IDF raids in West Bank leave rising death toll
The former president made the chilling remark about the 2024 election to a Wisconsin newspaper.
Trump’s trial got moving again with testimony from the attorney representing Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal in hush-money negotiations
A judge has found Donald Trump in contempt of court for repeatedly violating a gag order in his hush money case - as he warned he could be jailed if he does it again. Prosecutors had alleged 10 violations, but New York Judge Juan M Merchan found there were nine. Mr Merchan wrote that Trump "is hereby warned that the Court will not tolerate continued willful violations of its lawful orders and that if necessary and appropriate under the circumstances, it will impose an incarceratory punishment."
Riyadh seeks more modest agreement with Washington in absence of Gaza ceasefire and Netanyahu resistance to Palestinian state
The former president's attorneys are trying to stop him from dozing off during the trial.
The US claims China stole American tech to make a copycat of the F-22 Raptor, known as the J-20 Mighty Dragon. We compare the stealth, accuracy, and radar technology of the two fighter jets.
Russian forces have attacked the command headquarters of the Ukrainian army’s southern grouping in Odesa, the Kremlin has said.
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) said Wednesday he’s ready for the “chaos” that has plagued the House for much of 2023 and 2024 to end next week, when a bipartisan group of lawmakers is expected to vote to quash a motion to oust Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) from his post. “I’m relieved as I…
The late night host spots a report that the former president “really” doesn’t like.
The Army hailed its M2A4E1 Bradley variant as "the most modern and survivable version" of the armored vehicle so far.
Gustaf Kilander speaks to Americans who moved abroad about how they perceive their country now — and how the people they know perceive them
Brian Snyder/ReutersDonald Trump, a day after being warned about potential jail time if he continues to violate the gag order in his criminal trial in New York, lashed out at the judge presiding over that case as “crooked.”“There is no crime. I have a crooked judge. He’s a totally conflicted judge,” Trump told his supporters at a Wisconsin rally Wednesday—his weekly day off from the trial, where prosecutors allege the former president broke state laws governing business records and federal campa
A law firm that has long defended Donald Trump’s campaign and businesses from employment lawsuits has abruptly asked to withdraw from a yearslong case over what it calls an “irreparable breakdown in the attorney-client relationship.” The firm — LaRocca, Hornik, Greenberg, Rosen, Kittridge, Carlin and McPartland — has represented Trump’s political operation in numerous suits dating to his first presidential run, helping secure several settlements and dismissals and billing nearly $3 million in th
Iran is willing to "expend every Arab life" in its efforts to end Western influence in the Middle East and destroy Israel, a former US national security adviser has said. HR McMaster, who held the position between 2017 and 2018 during the Trump presidency, told Sky News that there is still a risk of escalation between Iran and Israel after the two nations carried out attacks on each other in April. Iran said its attack on Saturday 13 April was a retaliation after two of its generals were killed in a strike in Syria's capital, Damascus, which Tehran blames on Israel.
Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty ImagesHakeem Jeffries, the House minority speaker, and other top Democrats have announced that they will come to the aid of House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), agreeing they won’t let the embattled Republican lose his job.Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) put forward a motion to vacate Johnson from the speakership over a month ago, in an ultimately fruitless effort to stop the House from passing an aid bill for Ukraine.On Tuesday morning, Jeffries (D-NY), Democratic Whip
Massimo Calabresi, Time's Washington bureau chief, discussed the magazine's revealing new interview with the former president.
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