President Trump on Thursday threatened additional tariffs and other sanctions against Mexico over a long-running water dispute in a potential escalation of tensions with one of America’s biggest trading partners. In a…
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Trump’s Tariff Fight With China Poses New Threat to US Farmers
After China unveiled steep retaliatory tariffs on American exports on Wednesday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent issued a sharp and somewhat surprising response: “So what?” The question underscored the Trump administration’s argument that…
Charter Company in Fatal Helicopter Crash Had Prior Mechanical Failures
The firm that operated the helicopter that crashed in the Hudson River on Thursday, killing all six people aboard, has a long history of flying excursions around New York City, some of…
Trump May Seek Judicial Oversight of Columbia, Potentially for Years
The Trump administration may seek to have a federal judge enforce any deal it reaches with Columbia University in an arrangement that could ensure that the White House has a hand in…
Inside Trump’s Plan to ‘Get’ Greenland: Persuasion, Not Invasion
President Trump’s longtime goal of claiming Greenland for America has shifted from rhetoric to official U.S. policy as the White House moves forward on a formal plan to acquire the Arctic island…
Younger Democrats Don’t Plan to Wait Their Turn
George Hornedo, a liberal activist and Democratic Party strategist in Indianapolis, had already been weighing a primary challenge to the local congressman when he was confronted last month by a senior Indiana…
Plunge in Oil Prices Threatens Russia’s Vast Spending on Ukraine War
President Trump spared Russia from the tariffs he had imposed on 180 other nations in a bid to reshape global trade. But that did not exempt the country from the ensuing economic…
Adams Is Allowing ICE to Return to Rikers. Here’s What to Know.
For years, a handful of federal immigration agents worked out of a trailer office at the jail complex on Rikers Island in New York City. Their sole mission: to identify detainees who…
Russia Freed Ksenia Karelina, a Detained American, Rubio Says
An American citizen has been released from Russian custody in a prisoner swap, officials from the United States and Russia said on Thursday, amid a broader effort by the two countries to…
How Hamas and the U.S. Tried to Strike a Hostage Deal
The Americans were in a hurry. Adam Boehler, a senior U.S. official, wanted Hamas to agree to the release of the last living American Israeli hostage in Gaza so that President Trump…