Trump is on a five-day Asian tour that is expected to include a bilateral meeting with the Chinese leader in South Korea. Trade talks between the U.S. and China are setting the foundations for a “very productive meeting” between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping later this week, American officials said on … Read more
As Mamdani, Cuomo and Sliwa barrel to Election Day, POLITICO’s New York team breaks down the current state of play NEW YORK — A very lively — and at points combative — final debate for New York City mayor underscored Andrew Cuomo’s last-ditch desperation as he seeks to halt frontrunner Zohran Mamdani’s efforts to win … Read more
“Tearing down those walls doesn’t diminish the significance of the work we accomplished there.” WASHINGTON — Betty Ford reportedly said that if the White House West Wing is the “mind” of the nation, then the East Wing — the traditional power center for first ladies — is the “heart.” That “heart” beat for more than … Read more
Trump, 79, did not say which part of his body was scanned. President Donald Trump said on Monday he had undergone an MRI scan during his recent visit to Walter Reed Medical Center, but did not offer further details on why. “It was perfect,” he told reporters aboard Air Force One on his way to … Read more
U.S. president confirms he and the billionaire have been chatting again since last month, marking a revival of a key alliance. U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters Monday that he’s been in touch with Elon Musk, saying the two have spoken “on and off” since sitting together at conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s funeral last month … Read more
A top diplomat who served in Trump’s first term explains the president’s more aggressive approach. The Trump administration is barely bothering to pretend that its increasingly belligerent stance toward Venezuela is just about tackling narcotics. President Donald Trump wants Nicolas Maduro out of power — and the only question is how much pressure the United … Read more
In the wee hours of the morning of Oct. 10, in Oslo, Norway, the Nobel Peace Prize Committee started to notice something strange. On the online prediction market Polymarket, the Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado’s chances at winning the prize started to dramatically spike. The likelihood that Machado would win — as reflected by … Read more
A week-long swing through Asia could cement Trump’s image as master dealmaker — or trigger the economic crisis he’s long vowed to prevent. President Donald Trump departs Friday on the riskiest foreign trip of his second term. Unlike his highly choreographed foreign trips to Europe and the Middle East, where leaders were eager to fête … Read more
Venezuela has become Trump’s test of hemispheric reengineering. After two world wars nearly destroyed the planet, at mid-century America decided to step up and apply its ingenuity to the Eastern Hemisphere’s many unstable dynamics. Europe needed settling down, then Asia, and then, later, the Middle East and Africa. An objective view of history says that, … Read more
I love Mumbai, but there are days when the city tests me. When I’m walking in sweltering heat amid a cacophony of horns, dodging dog poop on the pavement, coughing up dust churned up by zigzagging rickshaws. So I took a break with my family this month near the beach in Goa, and booked a … Read more