
The Guardian - 14 hours 40 min ago
The US president will arrive with tech leaders including Elon Musk and Tim Cook, with trade, AI and Taiwan all set to be discussed Donald Trump is due to arrive in Beijing on Wednesday evening, the first visit to China by a US president in nearly a decade, as he seeks to mend power and prestige weakened by the war in Iran. Trump will bring tech leaders, including Elon Musk of Tesla and Tim Cook of Apple, and plans for headline-grabbing deals. He has said he expects China's leader, Xi Jinping...

NBC News - 16 hours 14 min ago
Carroll didn't object to the pause as long as certain conditions were met. The ruling puts the payment on hold until the Supreme Court either reviews the case or decides to pass on it.

CNBC - 16 hours 34 min ago
The U.S. chipmaker executive was not included in earlier lists of business leaders participating in President Donald Trump's trip to China this week.

The Guardian - 16 hours 41 min ago
This live blog is now closed. Kash Patel denies excessive drinking allegations as total farce' in Senate hearing Sign up for the Breaking News US email The Pentagon revealed on 29 April that the US war on Iran had cost about $25bn for roughly two months of spending. Today, when asked if there are any updated costs associated with the war, Jules Hurst III , chief financial official for the Pentagon, said: "At the time of testimony it was $25bn dollars. But the joint staff team and the comptroller...

The Guardian - 16 hours 43 min ago
Chinese government appears to be using the workaround of a different character to represent part of the secretary of state's name, to allow him to visit the country for the upcoming Trump summit US secretary of state Marco Rubiois heading to Beijing with president Donald Trump despite being under Chinese sanctions a breakthrough that might have been made possible after China changed his name's transliteration. As a US senator, Rubio , who is visiting China for the first time, fiercely championed...

Mother Jones - 18 hours 25 min ago
Donald Trump’s “Golden Dome” missile defense dream might seem like something out of science fiction, but it would cost real dollars, the Congressional Budget Office says about $1.2 trillion over the next 20 years, according to a report the federal agency released today. Trump has held the idea dear since his 2024 campaign, when he made […]...

The Raw Story - 18 hours 34 min ago
Trump has already delivered China's ambitions with "self-inflicted" wounds, an ex-GOP strategist warned ahead of the president's visit with the country's leader, Xi Jinping . "China's ambitions, whether they are military or economic, have been delivered up by Donald Trump," Rick Wilson said on a Tuesday episode of his podcast. Trump was set to meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping from May 12-15 with business leaders like Elon Musk, and Wilson noted he's going in...

Fox News - 18 hours 45 min ago
Pakistan denies allowing Iranian aircraft to use its airfields amid U.S.-Iran tensions. President Donald Trump says Pakistani mediation efforts have been "great."...

UPI - 18 hours 47 min ago
A nonpartisan office said Tuesday that President Donald Trump's proposed Golden Dome missile defense system could cost $1.2 trillion over two decades.

The Independent - 19 hours 13 min ago
President Donald Trump's push to redraw U.S. House districts yielded mixed results on Tuesday...

The Guardian - 19 hours 14 min ago
Pete Hegseth and other officials appear before House to face grilling on Iran war expenditure and military operations Iran has expanded its definition of the strait of Hormuz into a "vast operational area" far wider than before the war, according to a senior officer in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy in comments likely to anger the US. The strait is no longer viewed as a narrow stretch around a handful of islands but instead has been greatly enlarged in scope and military...

NBC News - 19 hours 38 min ago
Former FBI Director James Comey said the Justice Department can't fulfill its role to uphold the rule of law in the U.S. while it also fixates on those who criticize President Donald Trump.

Huffington Post - 20 hours 18 min ago
President Donald Trump's plan to put weapons in space, called the "Golden Dome for America" missile defense program, is estimated to cost much more than he originally said.

Mother Jones - 20 hours 45 min ago
President Donald Trump’s Food and Drug Administration commissioner Marty Makary resigned on Tuesday following political battles over health policy that angered anti-abortion activists and industry executives. Makary, who led the agency in charge of promoting public health through regulating food safety, medications, tobacco, vaccines, and more, stepped down after Trump pushed him to approve fruit-flavored […]...

NBC News - 20 hours 48 min ago
The end could come as soon as this Saturday night for Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy, one of seven Republican senators who voted to convict President Donald Trump in his January 2021 impeachment trial.

The Guardian - 20 hours 56 min ago
Republican leader acknowledges likely consequences' for resisting US president's demands to redraw map Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email South Carolina state senators on Tuesday defied pressure from Donald Trump to approve plans to redraw the state's congressional map after the US supreme court effectively gutted the Voting Rights Act . As Republicans scramble to redraw key districts after the US supreme court rendered ineffective a major section of the civil rights law...

NBC News - 21 hours 23 min ago
The Republican-led South Carolina state Senate on Tuesday rejected a measure to take up a redraw of the state's congressional map despite pressure from President Donald Trump...

ABC News - 21 hours 31 min ago
Republican Senators say they need more details on a $1 billion security proposal for the White House, including a proposed $220 million to secure President Donald Trump's new East Wing ballroom...

Buzz Feed - 21 hours 39 min ago
The president said the quiet part way out loud in a rant against his SCOTUS nominees. View Entire Post ›...

New York Times - 21 hours 42 min ago
President Donald Trump spoke to reporters as he departed the White House for a trip to China.

Fox News - 22 hours 11 min ago
Sunny Hostin called President Donald Trump's fertility care expansion and child savings accounts "good policies" on "The View," despite her regular criticism of the president.

Huffington Post - 22 hours 14 min ago
"I said, 'How come they didn't lift me up so fast?'" Trump joked at a dinner hosted at the White House Rose Garden.

Babylon Bee - 22 hours 32 min ago
BEIJING Diplomatic talks between the United States and China reportedly got off to an awkward start after President Donald Trump demanded to negotiate directly with General Tso.

ABC News - 22 hours 39 min ago
The cost of Donald Trump's ongoing renovation of the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool is nearing $15 million, according to federal contract records reviewed by ABC News.