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Washington: The last time Donald Trump met Xi Jinping – in South Korea in October – he referred to the encounter as a “G2 meeting”. That language didn’t go unnoticed, and hasn’t been forgotten.
President Donald Trump walks with China’s Vice President Han Zheng during a welcome ceremony Wednesday, May 13, 2026, at Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Vice President JD Vance brushed off questions about a possible 2028 GOP primary matchup between himself and Secretary of State Marco Rubio — joking that President Trump is drawing on his experience as host of “The Apprentice” while analyzing who should be his successor.
Multiple ships linked to China transited the Strait of Hormuz in the last 24 hours, coinciding with US President Donald Trump’s arrival in Beijing, where he says he plans to discuss the war on Iran with his Chinese counterpart.
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WASHINGTON — The House will have to take up a major security package for war-torn Ukraine after enough Republicans joined Democrats to give the needed 218 signatures to force a vote.
“Politico’s Josh Gerstein illustrated precisely” this week how, if Democrats “try to pack the Supreme Court, the media would run cover for the enterprise,” flags National Review’s Charles C.W. Cooke. Gerstein noted Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s advice to Americans to “defend the judicial system against salvos that…
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President of El Salvador, Nayib Armando Bukele Ortez, listens as President Donald Trump speaks during the National Prayer Breakfast, Feb. 5, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
China renewed its strong opposition to U.S. arms sales to Taiwan ahead of the high profile summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing.
Three Republican senators have joined Democrats in the United States Senate in voting to advance a bill to limit President Donald Trump’s ability to strike Iran without congressional approval.
Footballs are seen before an NFL football game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Washington Commanders on Jan. 4, 2026, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)
Resolution fails by 49-50, with Lisa Murkowski and fellow GOP members Rand Paul and Susan Collins voting in favor
Iran has been seeking to prove its unity and defiance to the world in the aftermath of the 38-days of heavy US-Israeli bombing it endured throughout the Trump-ordered Operation Epic Fury.
He is taking over as the world’s largest economy reels from repeated shocks, including inflation fuelled in part by the Iran war
He is taking over as the world’s largest economy reels from repeated shocks, including inflation fuelled in part by the Iran war
A delegation headed by Prof. Xin Chunying, Member of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC) and Chairperson of the Constitution and Law Committee of the NPC of China, called on Speaker Dr. Jagath Wickramaratne recently.
Hamas blocked Gazan contractors last week from reaching an area in Rafah designated for a new Palestinian city under the Trump administration’s peace plan, Hebrew media reported on Tuesday.
Nickolay Mladenov, the top diplomat overseeing the United States-brokered “ceasefire” in Gaza as part of US President Donald Trump’s International Board of Peace, has said he could envision a political role for Hamas in post-war Gaza if the Palestinian group disarms.
It has taken eight and a half years, but on Wednesday President Donald Trump finally succeeded in reversing one of the few mistakes he has admitted to making as president. In November 2017, Trump chose Jerome Powell to chair the Federal Reserve, opting for someone he saw as malleable over a charismatic but youthful …
Wary of the terrible election-year optics, some federal Republican legislators are less-than-enthusiastic about approving a request for a billion dollars in security funding relating to President Trump's White House ballroom project. Some of them shared those feelings with reporters after they received a Tuesday aft…
Un cartel del centro de detención de inmigrantes apodado “Alcatraz con Caimanes”, en Ochopee, Florida, el 11 de mayo del 2026. (AP foto/Marta Lavandier)
Donald Trump arrived in Beijing last night for the first visit to China by a US president since 2017. (Reuters: Evelyn Hockstein)
Donald Trump has returned to China for the first time since 2017, when he complimented Xi Jinping as the "king" of China. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Reuters)
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Warsh will serve four-year term as chair, taking over amid rising inflation and pressure from Trump to lower rates
The White House refuted reports that the United States denied visas for five members of Iraq's national team ahead of next month's World Cup.
Washington’s Christian Soto (14), Charlie Ostrem (20), Nick Scardina (11), and Kalani Kossa-Rienzi (6) celebrate the team’s win over Georgetown in an NCAA men’s soccer tournament semifinal game in Cary, N.C., Friday, Dec. 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Ben McKeown, File)
Kevin Warsh was confirmed Wednesday as the next Federal Reserve chair, taking over the central bank at a time when President Donald Trump is pushing for lower interest rates even as fresh inflation data complicates the case for cuts.
Kevin Warsh was confirmed as the next Federal Reserve chairman on Wednesday — even as surging inflation has begun to box the central bank into one of its toughest corners in years.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom will reveal his updated budget plan Thursday as state Democrats grapple with what they claim are “Trump inflation” impacts on public services, particularly health care.
The Philippine Senate was locked down with military personnel seen entering the building where a senator wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) had sought refuge.
La presidenta Claudia Sheinbaum ofrece su conferencia de prensa matutina diaria en el Palacio Nacional, el jueves 30 de abril de 2026, en Ciudad de México. (AP Foto/Fernando Llano)
US President Donald Trump landed in Beijing on Wednesday for a closely watched summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping, where the war in Iran, trade tension and Taiwan are expected to dominate discussions.
A Republican senator who broke from his party to vote in favour of convicting US President Donald Trump in impeachment proceedings during his first term is facing a bruising primary challenge in his home state of Louisiana.
Episode 7 of The Boys Season 5 is its second-to-last episode ever, so let’s go live to an apparently now-immortal Homelander as he reboots the universe. Congress, he dictates to a supplicant President Calhoun, will be disbanded. The borders between church and state will be destroyed, and the Democratic Church of Ame…
El senador demócrata por Oregon Jeff Merkley y la senadora republicana por Alaska Lisa Murkowski en el Congreso en Washington, el 30 de abril del 2026. (AP foto/J. Scott Applewhite)
At least a dozen gunshots rang out inside the Philippine Senate building in Manila earlier on Wednesday as police and marines moved to arrest Senator Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa on an International Criminal Court warrant for alleged crimes against humanity linked to former President Rodrigo Duterte's brutal war on drugs…
O Presidente dos Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, chegou esta quarta-feira a Pequim para uma visita de Estado de três dias à China. A reunião com o presidente chinês, Xi Jinping, acontece na quinta-feira e deverá centrar-se em comércio internacional, guerra no Irão e venda de armas a Taiwan.
Prediction market traders think President Donald Trump will make some major announcements in his trip to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing.
Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., the ranking member, and Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, chair of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, prepare to hear from U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz on his 2027 budget request, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, April 30, 20…
When President Donald Trump meets with his counterpart, Xi Jinping, a new item will be added to the long list of issues of mutual interest and potential disagreement between the United States and China: the war in Iran.
President Donald Trump arrives on Air Force One, Wednesday, May 13, 2026, at Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
WASHINGTON — A North Carolina high school has been accused of ignoring student concerns about a transgender classmate who allegedly used the girls’ locker room and stared at females while they changed.
El presidente estadounidense Donald Trump saluda al presidente de la FIFA Gianni Infantino (derecha) durante el sorteo de la Copa Mundial, el 5 de diciembre de 2025, en Washington. (AP Foto/Evan Vucci)
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks while visiting Washington in March. Tokyo had scheduled the trip with the timing of the U.S.-China leaders summit, then planned for April, in mind. © Reuters
A Chinese electronics factory. China's exports to the U.S. fell in 2025, but its overall trade surplus with the world grew. © Reuters
A Chinese electronics factory. China's exports to the U.S. fell in 2025, but its overall trade surplus with the world grew. © Reuters
The US president’s late-night Truth Social vitriol riddled with erratic capitalization and spelling? That’s leadership