President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he was willing to consider eventual citizenship for immigrants who were brought to the United States illegally as children by their parents. “We’re going to morph into it. It’s going to happen, at some point in the future, over a period of 10 to 12 years,” Trump said to…
read moreGulf Arab officials used the World Economic Forum in Davos on Wednesday to slam Iran for what they said was its destabilizing behavior in the region, taking advantage of Tehran’s conspicuous absence at the annual event. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif had been a regular presence at the annual forum that brings together top politicians, CEOs and bankers,…
read moreU.S. President Donald Trump arrived Thursday in the Swiss ski resort of Davos where he is slated to present his America First message in a speech Friday to global business and political leaders gathering at this week’s World Economic Forum. As Air Force One landed in Switzerland, protesters went into the streets of several cities…
read moreThe administration of U.S. President Donald Trump imposed new sanctions Wednesday aimed at halting North Korea’s nuclear and missile development programs. The Department of Treasury placed sanctions on nine entities, including two China-based trading firms that helped export millions of dollars’ worth of metals and other materials used in Pyongyang’s defense sector. Sixteen individuals were…
read moreSpecial counsel Robert Mueller is now looking to interview U.S. President Donald Trump about his firing last year of former FBI director James Comey and one-time national security adviser Michael Flynn – as part of Mueller’s ongoing criminal probe into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Mueller is investigating whether Trump obstructed justice…
read moreThe U.S. government is back at work following a brief shutdown over the issue of immigration. A divided Congress will once again attempt to address the situation of the so-called “Dreamers”, young immigrants brought illegally into the U.S. by their parents. The issue motivates activists in both parties and could be a major factor in…
read moreThe U.S. government is open again, but the fate of about 800,000 young undocumented immigrants at the center of the three-day shutdown remains uncertain. A number of lawmakers had promised to protect them after President Trump ended DACA in September, an Obama administration policy that allowed them to live and study or work in the…
read moreU.S. President Donald Trump will meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, British Prime Minister Theresa May, and other world leaders when he attends the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, this week, White House officials said on Tuesday. Trump is due to take an overnight flight on Wednesday night to snowbound Davos, where he…
read moreThe Trump administration is set to announce a raft of trade decisions over the next months, ranging from curbs on foreign imports of steel and aluminum to steps to clamp down on China’s alleged theft of intellectual property. U.S. President Donald Trump has stressed his “America First” agenda in his first year in office and…
read moreEurope’s economy is on a roll — raising the question of exactly when the European Central Bank will end its extraordinary stimulus efforts. Bank President Mario Draghi will be at pains this week to leave that point open. No changes in stimulus settings or interest rates are expected at Thursday’s meeting of the bank’s 25-member…
read morePresident Donald Trump on Tuesday signed into law a steep tariff on imported solar panels, a move billed as a way to protect American jobs but which the solar industry said would lead to tens of thousands of layoffs. The following are some questions and answers about the decision: What impact will the decision have…
read moreLebanon must cut Iran-backed Hezbollah from the financial sector, a U.S. official on combating illicit finance said Tuesday, two weeks after Washington began a new push to disrupt the militant group’s global financing routes. On a two-day visit to Lebanon, the U.S. Treasury’s Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing Marshall Billingslea “urged Lebanon to take every…
read moreU.S., Canadian and Mexican officials opened a key round of negotiations to modernize NAFTA on Tuesday as President Donald Trump, who has regularly threatened to quit the trade pact, said the talks were going “pretty well.” Trump, vowing to undo what he portrays as disastrous trade deals, has in recent days expressed different views of…
read moreFormer U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday called for international action to resist Russian government assaults on the foundations of Western democracy. “This is just basically about a kleptocracy protecting itself, he said, adding that the Russian government is seeking to distract from misery and decline at home by attacking the West. “And so…
read morePresident Donald Trump’s move Tuesday to tax imported solar cells and washing machines is meant to make good on his vow to reverse decades of U.S. support for free trade and to protect American jobs from foreign competition. But the tariffs — already denounced by China, Germany and Mexico — are likely to heighten tensions…
read moreThe Senate on Tuesday approved President Donald Trump’s selection of Jerome Powell to be the next chairman of the Federal Reserve beginning next month. Senators voted 84-13 to confirm Powell to lead the nation’s central bank, a post that is considered the most powerful economic position in government. Powell will succeed Janet Yellen,…
read moreU.S. senators expressed differing expectations on Tuesday for what Congress might produce on thorny immigration topics, one day after a government shutdown ended on a promise of Senate action to protect young immigrants and boost border security. “Now, serious negotiations can resume,” Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky said. “We have a fresh start…
read moreU.S. President Donald Trump has invited French President Emmanuel Macron to pay a state visit to the White House later this year. This will be the first state visit Trump has hosted since taking office. A state visit, in which one head of state hosts another, is considered the most formal and most prestigious type…
read moreThe United States government is headed back to work Tuesday, but Russia does not appear to be done trying to capitalize on the nearly three-day-long shutdown. U.S. President Donald Trump signed a bill late Monday, funding the government through February 8. But even as lawmakers and the White House reached agreement, Twitter accounts linked to…
read moreU.S. President Donald Trump has signed a bill reopening the government, ending a 3-day partial shutdown that was triggered in part by a partisan brawl over immigration. Late Monday, members of the House of Representatives voted to approve the bill the U.S. Senate passed earlier in the day. The so-called continuing resolution keeps the government…
read moreA trade group representing U.S. auto parts makers on Monday urged the Trump administration to adopt NAFTA automotive rules that cover research, engineering, design and software development work as part of North American regional value content goals. The proposal from the Motor and Equipment Manufacturers Association (MEMA) was sent to U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer…
read moreChina invited Latin American and Caribbean countries to join its “One Belt, One Road” initiative on Monday, as part of an agreement to deepen economic and political cooperation in a region where U.S. influence is historically strong. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said the region was a natural fit for the initiative, which China has…
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