Putin threatens arms race if US walks away from nuclear weapons treaty
Vladimir Putin has said Moscow will develop new mid-range nuclear weapons in response to Donald Trump’s planned withdrawal from a key arms control treaty with Russia.
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Huawei arrest threatens global markets, Trump-China trade truce
At a time of maximum tension in the U.S.-China relationship, news of the arrest last weekend of a top Chinese tech official in Canada managed to set off multiple shock waves Thursday, shining a harsh light on U.S. and allied concerns about Chinese state-backed corporate giants, massively complicating a trade war ‘truce’ just negotiated by President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, and — for a few hours — threatening to buckle global stock markets and wipe out a big chunk of the recent Wall Street gains Mr. Trump is fond of trumpeting.
U.S. warns Russia with ‘extraordinary flight’ over Ukraine
Blasting Russia’s ‘dangerous escalation’ in the region, U.S. planes on Thursday conducted an ‘extraordinary flight’ over Ukraine in what Pentagon officials cast as a blunt warning to Moscow.
Dow Jones falls nearly 800 points amid trade war, recession fears
Stocks took a tumble Tuesday as the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell nearly 800 points amid renewed fears regarding the U.S.-China trade war and a possible economic slowdown.
Trump’s impromptu China trade deal unravels
Skepticism mounted Tuesday about President Trump’s impromptu trade agreement with the president of China, as Mr. Trump threatened new penalties against Beijing if the deal falls through. Stock markets plummeted.
In about-face, Trump targets ‘uncontrollable’ arms race, decries ‘crazy’ defense budget
President Trump in the last two years has never missed an opportunity to tout his $700 and $716 billion budgets to rebuild the ‘depleted’ U.S. military. He also has vowed to rebuild America’s nuclear arsenal by adding new low-yield weapons. He further has announced his intention to abandon a landmark Cold-War era arms control treaty with the Russians. Now, in a single tweet, the president has signaled he’s rethinking the whole idea of winning an arms race by outspending and outlasting America’s adversaries.
Mike Pompeo says Trump rallying world to create ‘new liberal order that prevents war’
Western powers must ‘build a new liberal order that prevents war and achieves greater prosperity,’ Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged Tuesday in an address on the sidelines of the assembly of NATO’s top ambassadors.
Census confirms: 63 percent of ‘non-citizens’ on welfare, 4.6 million households
A majority of ‘non-citizens,’ including those with legal green card rights, are tapping into welfare programs set up to help poor and ailing Americans, a Census Bureau finding that bolsters President Trump’s concern about immigrants costing the nation.
US takes aim at China, Iran, Russia over treaty violations
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo took aim at China, Iran, Russia and others on Tuesday for violating numerous treaties and multistate agreements, and he questioned whether many pillars of international trade and diplomacy are still relevant.
Trump to notify Congress in ‘near future’ he will terminate NAFTA
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he will give formal notice to the U.S. Congress in the near future to terminate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), giving six months for lawmakers to approve a new trade deal signed on Friday.
Trump would ‘absolutely consider’ delay on government shutdown
The White House and congressional negotiators are considering a bill that would delay a government shutdown after the death of former President George H.W. Bush.
U.S., China agree to trade war truce
President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to a truce between the two countries’ trade war after a meeting Saturday at the G20 summit in Argentina.
Michael Cohen pleads guilty to lying to Congress
President Trump’s longtime ‘fixer’ Michael Cohen pleaded guilty Thursday to charges of lying to Congress and now says the president’s business empire was pursuing a deal with Russia even during the heart of the 2016 presidential campaign as that country was trying to interfere in the election.
Trump after Cohen plea deal: Mueller’s ‘illegal hoax’ should be stopped ‘immediately’
President Trump called for special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation to ‘be ended immediately’ Thursday evening.
Trump Puts Kibosh on Putin Talks, Citing Ukraine-Russia Naval Confrontation
President Donald Trump will not meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the upcoming Group of 20 summit in Argentina later this week.
Secret list of 142 items key to US-China trade talks
When President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping sit down on Friday in Argentina to talk trade issues, it’ll be a three-page document with 142 items on it that they’ll mainly be discussing.
U.S.-China deal at G-20 prompts fears
China specialists in and out of government are increasingly worried that President Trump will make major concessions to China during the Group of 20 economic summit in Argentina this week.
Trump: US troops remain in Mideast because of Israel
US President Donald Trump told The Washington Post on Tuesday that Israel is the reason behind US Military’s prolonged stay in the Middle East.
US to Appeal Judge’s Order Barring Asylum Restrictions
The Trump administration says it will appeal a court order barring the government from refusing asylum to immigrants who cross the southern border illegally.
Iran’s parliament speaker says US peace plan a ‘plot’ to strengthen Israel
Iran is determined to fight against US President Donald Trump’s anticipated Israeli-Palestinian peace plan, parliament speaker Ali Larijani said Tuesday, according to the semi-official news agency ISNA.