The president, who has suffered few consequences for his conviction, seeks to quash the verdict — and his status as a felon. NEW YORK — President Donald Trump on Monday asked a New York appeals court to overturn his criminal conviction in the Manhattan hush money case that made him a felon as he plotted … Read more
An effort to find executive branch money for the aviation system’s frontline safety workers appears to have run aground. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy suggested Tuesday that a Trump administration effort to scrounge together money to pay air traffic controllers during the federal shutdown is dead. During a news conference at New York’s LaGuardia Airport, Duffy … Read more
The vice president spoke after a Senate GOP lunch where he got an earful about the administration’s plan to import Argentinian beef. Vice President JD Vance said military members will continue receiving their pay amid the government shutdown, suggesting to reporters Tuesday that President Donald Trump has identified new funding to avoid a first-ever lapse … Read more
Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) introduced legislation to keep food aid flowing during the shutdown. It rivals a plan from Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) Senate Democrats are preparing to introduce their own bill to keep food aid benefits flowing for millions of Americans during the government shutdown ahead of a Nov. 1 funding cliff. The … Read more
The White House and South Korean government continue to haggle over the details of Seoul’s $350 billion investment commitment. The United States and South Korea still can’t agree on a key plank of the tentative trade agreement they inked over the summer, despite U.S. pressure to finalize the deal during President Donald Trump’s visit to … Read more
It is a moment of realpolitik for countries ranging from Venezuela to Dominica. o be a Caribbean leader in the age of Donald Trump is to be a portrait of powerlessness — and a harbinger of the unvarnished might-makes-right global order the U.S. president is shaping. Trump is building up America’s military presence in the … Read more
Man at centre of abandoned spy case has said he reported to Chinese company with clients that wanted ‘to develop trading links with UK’ Christopher Berry, the man at the heart of a controversial and now-abandoned Chinese espionage case, appeared to be aware that he was supplying information to a non-commercial client, according to messages … Read more
As Trump’s tariffs and funding cuts suspend projects in Erie, some residents view the changes as a necessary evil It was set to be the most expensive project that the beaten-down manufacturing sector of Erie, Pennsylvania, had seen in decades. In a blighted corner of town, a startup planned a $300m plant that would turn … Read more
The fundraising haul marks strong enthusiasm for experiments aimed at lowering temperatures, said the company. But it also raises questions about commercializing technologies with potentially damaging consequences. A once-outlandish idea for reversing global warming took a major step toward reality Friday when Israeli-U.S. startup Stardust Solutions announced the largest-ever fundraising round for any company that … Read more
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s at war with the groups that represent physicians. Some GOP doctors in Congress are backing him up. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s tenure as health secretary is straining Republicans’ relationship with the medical establishment to what’s looking like a breaking point. Doctors and their professional associations, such as the American Medical Association … Read more