US Politics

Donald Trump has touched down in Saudi Arabia for a four-day tour of Gulf region as he seeks to secure trade agreements and closer economic ties. 

THE ECONOMIST: US and China have 90 days to prepare after serving up a tasty tariff reprieve.

JACKSON HEWETT: Negotiating by pointing a shotgun at your own toes was never going to end well.

Donald Trump’s latest refugee decision has left both critics and allies puzzled, as talk of a so-called ‘white genocide’ enters the political spotlight.

US stocks have closed higher as investors cheered indications of easing trade tensions between China and the United States.

US President Donald Trump has revealed weight loss injections are partly the reason he has waged war on the price of medicines, revealing his administration will take action if companies do not comply with his new executive order.

THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN: There are very few initiatives Donald Trump has undertaken since coming to office that I agree with — except in the Middle East. Here’s why.

The US and China have agreed to suspend most tariffs on each other’s goods in a move that shows a thawing of trade tensions between the world’s two largest economies.

Tom Cruise’s latest mission? Dodging a political minefield. At a press conference for Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, the star was asked about Trump’s tariffs on films, but he wasn’t biting.

THE ECONOMIST: Trump positioned himself as the American oil industry’s only hope, but now many US producers cannot turn a profit as they take hits from the trade war.

‘Most favoured nation’: Donald Trump says he is preparing to sign an executive order that will bring down the price of prescription medications in line with other high-income countries.

US President Donald Trump is preparing to accept a luxury jet from the royal family of Qatar, which he will use as Air Force One.

US President Donald Trump has flagged his ‘most important and impactful’ announcement ‘ever’, as The White House confirms a ‘deal’ has been struck from United States, China talks.

Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng has met for about eight hours with US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in Switzerland in a bid to ease trade tensions.

The leaders of the UK, France, Germany and Poland say after their meeting in Kyiv, Russia faces sanctions backed by the US if it does not agree to a new truce in Ukraine.