US Politics

On the 2024 campaign trail, Donald Trump promised a tariff-fuelled revival of America’s old industrial towns. The promise was not just US-made goods, but more Americans making them. Has the President delivered?

General Randy George appeared troubled by the encounter with General Chris LaNeve, the Army’s No. 2 officer now favoured for the service’s top job, people familiar with the matter told The Post.

The announcement from Iran came came after an oil tanker was disabled in an attack off the coast of Oman on Monday night.

Iran says while it is willing to continue peace talks, it denounces expanded US sanctions, while Washington begins sending diplomats back to the region.

The trade war between Canada and the US has deepened with US President Donald Trump flagging a new wave of 50 per cent tariffs on cars, trucks, auto parts and steel.

The US Trade Representative told CNBC tariff talks between the US and Canada collapsed after Ottawa changed its demands at the eleventh hour.

The currency was already under pressure before the US and Israel attacked Iran on February 28, but has hit new record lows after nearly six months of war. 

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced retaliatory tariffs on US products after trade talks broke down with the US administration.

US President Donald Trump once singled out Australian beef as unfair, now Australian cattle farmers could be his tariff cuts’ biggest winners.

For weeks, there has been no diplomatic progress, but also no full-scale fighting, as both sides seem to believe they can hold out longer than the other.

President Trump’s decision to curtail the military exercises came as allies question the US commitment to longstanding alliances.

Pyongyang’s weapons test came a day after a US decision to scale back military drills with South Korea in an apparent bid to resume diplomacy.

Donald Trump has flagged plans to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un after the US ‌announced it would scale back military exercises with South Korea.

The United Arab Emirates’ move is set to mount further economic pressure on an increasingly isolated Iranian regime.

The United States has reached a deal to temporarily avert a new round of tariffs, President Donald Trump says.