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…

GENEVA  – Two months after President Donald Trump announced a halt to U.S. engagement with the United Nations Human Rights Council, Washington is influencing its work by applying pressure publicly and behind the scenes, seven diplomats and rights workers said….

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….

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…

DETROIT  -General Motors plans to increase production of light-duty trucks at its Fort Wayne, Indiana, assembly plant, it said in a webcast sent to plant employees on Thursday and viewed by Reuters, a day after President Donald Trump announced 25%…

WASHINGTON- The U.S. Senate on Thursday overwhelmingly rejected a bid to block $8.8 billion in arms sales to Israel over the human rights crisis facing Palestinians in Gaza following Israel’s bombardment of the enclave and suspension of humanitarian aid deliveries….

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…

A deadly spring storm killed at least seven people and spawned tornadoes and drenching thunderstorms in a swath of the U.S. stretching from Texas to Ohio for a second day on Thursday, raising the risk of flooding. The powerful system…

New Civil Liberties Alliance, a conservative legal group, on Thursday filed what it said was the first lawsuit seeking to block Donald Trump’s tariffs on Chinese imports, saying the U.S. president overstepped his authority. The lawsuit, filed in federal court…

WASHINGTON – The Trump administration is talking to all major trading partners throughout the world about ways to bring down President Donald Trump’s new tariffs, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said on Thursday, adding that they will have to change their…

The United States is in talks to invest billions of dollars in mineral-rich Congo and wants to help end a conflict raging in the country’s east, President Donald Trump’s senior adviser for Africa said during a visit on Thursday. Democratic…

PARIS – French President Emmanuel Macron called on Thursday for European companies to suspend planned investment in the United States after U.S. President Donald Trump announced sweeping global tariffs on American imports. “Investments to come or investments announced in recent…

DETROIT -Stellantis NV <STLAM.MI> said on Thursday it was temporarily laying off 900 workers at five U.S. facilities after President Donald Trump’s tariffs were announced, and temporarily pausing production at an assembly plant in Mexico and one in Canada. The…

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…

BEIJING – China on Friday announced a slew of additional tariffs and restrictions against U.S. goods as a countermeasure to sweeping tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump. The Finance Ministry said it would impose additional tariffs of 34% on…

GENEVA – Japan could lose $17 billion in car export potential in the U.S. following President Donald Trump’s decision to introduce 25% tariffs on the automotive sector, the International Trade Centre said on Friday. “Japan’s automotive sector comprises 20% of…

BRUSSELS – The sweeping new U.S. tariffs announced by President Donald Trump do not violate NATO treaties, the military alliance’s Secretary-General Mark Rutte said on Friday after meeting NATO foreign ministers in Brussels. Rutte was responding to a reporter’s question…

BRUSSELS – The U.S. has no plans to immediately withdraw its military presence in Europe, despite its demands that European countries take care of their own defence, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said on Thursday. “There are no plans for…

BERLIN – U.S. President Donald Trump will buckle under pressure from Germany and Europe in an escalating trade war, German Economy Minister Robert Habeck said on Thursday. “That is what I see, that Donald Trump buckles under pressure, corrects his…

U.S. stock index futures sank on Thursday after President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs against its trading partners heightened fears of an all-out trade war that could push the global economy into a recession. Global stocks slumped, government bonds jumped and…

DONGGUAN, China – Chinese outdoor furniture maker Jin Chaofeng set up a factory in Vietnam last July to escape higher U.S. tariffs. Now he is looking to close it, as Washington imposes steep levies on Hanoi and the rest of…

JERUSALEM – Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said on Thursday he was convening ministry officials to formulate a course of action to protect Israel’s economy in the wake of President Donald Trump’s decision to impose tariffs on exports. As part…

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…

Tornadoes ripped across a wide swath of the central and southern United States on Wednesday, destroying homes and businesses and bringing down power lines and trees. The National Weather Service said there had been at least 15 reports of tornadoes…

LONDON – One of the Federal Reserve’s preferred recession indicators has this week deteriorated as fast as it did in 2008, the latest sign that bond investors are bracing for a sharp economic slowdown as a result of U.S. President…

BEIJING -China placed some rare earth elements under export restrictions on Friday as part of its sweeping response to President Donald Trump’s tariff package, potentially cutting the U.S. off from critical minerals vital to everything from smartphones to electric car…

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…

By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -Disability rights groups filed a lawsuit on Wednesday claiming the Trump administration and billionaire Elon Musk broke various laws by firing thousands of workers and shuttering offices at the U.S. Social Security Administration. Five groups and…

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….