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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened sanctions on anyone who buys Iranian oil, a warning that came after planned talks over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program were postponed. Trump wrote on social media, “All purchases of Iranian Oil, or Petrochemical products, must stop, NOW!” He said any country or […]
The Trump administration threatened on Tuesday to withhold federal funds from Chicago’s publicschools over a program designed to help Black students do better academically, furthering the White House’s assault on liberal policies in education. The investigation, overseen by the Education Department’s Office of Civil Rights, is based on a complaint from Parents Defending Education, a […]
CNN — Iran and the United States begin high-stakes talks to reach a new nuclear deal on Saturday foreshadowed by President Trump’s threat of military strikes as a consequence of failure and Tehran’s warning any attack on it would drag the US into a broader Middle Eastern conflict.
President Trump on Monday said the U.S. will apply an additional 50% tariff on imports from China if the Asian nation doesn’t withdraw its plan to impose a retaliatory 34% import fee on American products. In a post on his Truth Social app, Mr. Trump said “any country that Retaliates against the U.S. by issuing additional […]
China lashed out at the United States on Tuesday after President Trump demanded that Beijing rescind its retaliatory tariffs or face an additional 50 percent U.S. levy, calling his threat “blackmail,” as tensions between the two major powers rose. The Ministry of Commerce, without referring to the American president by name, said that Beijing had […]
President Trump once again revived his calls for the Fed to cut interest rates. But Wall Street experts say rate cuts won’t necessarily solve the US economy’s problems. In a . . .
‘This is the Trump recession’: CEOs forecast recession fears, uncertainty A large majority of CEOs surveyed by CNBC — 69% — said they expect a recession on the heels of Trump’s sweeping, market-rupturing tariff plans announced last week. And more than half of them said they expect that the downturn will come this year. “This […]
The Senate committee has repeatedly requested information regarding the service branch’s safety surveillance system policy. Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, has threatened to subpoena the U.S. Army for its refusal to disclose information regarding the deadly crash near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in January […]
HONG KONG (AP) — The United States sanctioned six Chinese and Hong Kong officials who it alleged were involved in “transnational repression” and acts that threaten to further erode the city’s autonomy. The six officials included Justice Secretary Paul Lam, security office director Dong Jingwei and police commissioner Raymond Siu. The
Screenshot The war in Ukraine will end at the end of 2025, the IMF reports, which has updated its baseline forecast. At the same time, the IMF has worsened its economic growth forecast for Ukraine for 2025 by 0.5 percentage points. The forecast for 2026 has also been reduced by 0.8 points. Another batch of […]