HOUSTON-Oil prices plunged nearly 8% on Friday, heading for their lowest close since the middle of the pandemic in 2021, as China ramped up tariffs on U.S. goods, sharply escalating a global trade war that has investors worried about a…

BOSTON -Democratic state attorneys general on Thursday filed a lawsuit challenging U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order that compels voters to prove they are U.S. citizens and bars states from counting mail-in ballots received after Election Day. The lawsuit, filed…

WASHINGTON -Washington, D.C.’s top federal prosecutor announced on Friday that he is launching investigations into whether people improperly leaked information about the prosecutions of President Donald Trump’s supporters who stormed the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. Interim U.S. Attorney…

WASHINGTON -The Trump administration’s mass firings at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration have removed employees critical to reviewing new medicines, setting back years of effort to bring promising treatments to patients more quickly, former and current FDA sources told…

BRUSSELS – European foreign ministers at a NATO meeting blamed Russia on Friday for thwarting a U.S. push for peace in the Ukraine war, in a clear bid to persuade the Trump administration to take a harder line towards Moscow….

WASHINGTON – The administration of President Donald Trump plans to freeze $510 million in grants to Brown University over what it calls antisemitism on campus, a U.S. official told Reuters on Thursday, but the university said it had not yet…

MEXICO CITY – President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” appeared set to end North American free trade and Mexico’s privileged access to the U.S. Instead, Mexican officials are celebrating being left off Trump’s global tariffs list, with analysts suggesting the omission…

WASHINGTON – The Pentagon’s deliberations about restructuring parts of the U.S. military, including potentially giving up the United States’ role as the head of NATO forces in Europe and merging commands, could pose challenges, the top U.S. general in Europe…

WASHINGTON – The Pentagon’s Inspector General’s office announced on Thursday it was opening a probe into Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s use of an unclassified commercial texting application to coordinate the March 15 launch of U.S. strikes on Yemen’s Houthis. “The…

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE – President Donald Trump gave billionaire adviser Elon Musk a fresh endorsement on Thursday amid criticism of Musk’s government reduction project and said he can stay “as long as he likes” but will eventually return to…

WASHINGTON -A Republican member of the U.S. Senate on Thursday called the chamber’s top Democrat Chuck Schumer – the highest-ranking Jewish U.S. elected official – “Fuhrer,” a reference to the title used by Adolf Hitler. Ohio Republican Bernie Moreno, who…

A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from cutting more than $11 billion in public health grants allocated to U.S. states during the COVID-19 pandemic. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Mary S. McElroy in Rhode…

WASHINGTON -Two senior lawmakers on the Senate Finance Committee introduced legislation on Thursday seeking to rein in U.S. President Donald Trump’s ability to impose tariffs and would require congressional approval for new levies within 60 days. Republican Senator Chuck Grassley…

WASHINGTON- The U.S. State Department’s top official overseeing the agency’s management, appointed by President Donald Trump’s administration, is stepping down after less than three months, according to an internal email seen by Reuters on Thursday and a department spokesperson. Tibor…

Several high-ranking White House National Security Council officials were fired on Thursday morning, according to three people familiar with the matter, in what appears to be the first significant purge of Donald Trump’s second presidency. It’s not clear exactly why…

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said on Fox News on Thursday the Trump administration is “months away” from making a decision about whether to make payments to farmers to offset any impact from tariffs. President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced…

WASHINGTON – Billionaire Elon Musk will remain a friend and adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance, even after he leaves his role with the Department of Government Efficiency, Vance said in an interview with Fox…

WASHINGTON – A U.S. judge will hold a hearing on Thursday over whether the Trump administration violated his order temporarily blocking the deportation of alleged Venezuelan gang members under a rarely-invoked 18th century law. Washington-based U.S. District Judge James Boasberg…

MOSCOW – Russia said on Thursday that threats of military strikes against its ally Iran were unacceptable and warned that attacking the Islamic Republic could lead to potentially catastrophic results if nuclear installations were bombed. U.S. President Donald Trump threatened…

Countries across the world, including some of America’s closest allies, condemned President Donald Trump’s announcement of reciprocal tariffs and some pledged counter-measures while hoping the White House would be open to negotiations. China urged the United States to immediately cancel…

FUENMAYOR, Spain – Stockpiles of wine in Spain’s Rioja region have swelled since the pandemic, but producers’ hopes of offloading tannic reds into the U.S. market were dimming ahead of what President Donald Trump is calling his “liberation day” tariffs…

WASHINGTON – The Trump administration moved forward with the sale of more than 20,000 U.S.-made assault rifles to Israel last month, according to a document seen by Reuters and a source familiar with the matter, pushing ahead with a sale…

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s approval rating fell to 43%, the lowest since his return to office, as Americans soured on his tariff moves and his administration’s handling of information about a military strike in Yemen, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found….

The Swiss government on Wednesday underlined the importance of respecting international law after U.S. President Donald Trump put higher tariffs on the export-oriented Alpine country than the European Union in a major trade policy announcement. Trump presented figures saying the…

OTTAWA – Canada will fight U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs with countermeasures, Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Wednesday. “It’s essential to act with purpose and with force, and that’s what we will do,” he told reporters ahead of a…

BRASILIA – The Brazilian government said on Wednesday it is evaluating all the possible actions in response to the United States’ decision to impose 10% tariffs on imports from Latin America’s No. 1 economy. “The Brazilian government is evaluating all…

CAIRO  – Hamas decided not to respond or engage with Israel’s counter-proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza, an official told Reuters on Wednesday, affirming it is committed to the mediators’ plan instead. Israel said on March 29 it conveyed to…

WASHINGTON – Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team is finalizing the dismantlement of the U.S. Agency for International Development, ordering the firings of thousands of local workers and American diplomats and civil servants assigned to the agency overseas, two former top USAID…

The Trump administration fired staff at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and at the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday, as it embarked on its plan to cut 10,000 jobs at the Department of Health and Human Services,…