President Xi Jinping of China is buying time for Beijing and may see an opening with a U.S. president weakened by the war in Iran.President Xi Jinping of China, seen here in Beijing on Tuesday, has been seeking to redefine the terms of how China and the United States should engage.
Past meetings between the presidents of the U.S. and China have involved friendly displays of cultural exchange. Those gestures have largely dried up.President Trump and the first lady, Melania Trump, with the Chinese leader, Xi Jinping, and his wife, Peng Liyuan, during a tour of the Forbidden City
Plus, a surprise reversal in the Murdaugh murder case.President Trump with Xi Jinping, China’s leader, on Thursday in Beijing.
Erratic behavior and staff turnover have colored Mr. Schlossberg’s bid for a House seat in New York, raising questions about his readiness for office.Jack Schlossberg, a Kennedy heir who is running to represent much of Manhattan in Congress, has churned through campaign staff at an unusual pace.
Gov. Henry McMaster, a Republican, appears prepared to thrust the state into the nation’s redistricting wars.Gov. Henry McMaster’s decision to call back the state legislature came a day after the State Senate voted to block a resolution to do so.
The president’s top military adviser is walking a tightrope as he leads the military through a divisive and unpopular war.In public, Gen. Dan Caine has avoided discussing with lawmakers the broader U.S. military strategy.
Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska became the latest Republican to switch her vote to halt the conflict and require President Trump to win congressional approval to continue it.Senator Lisa Murkowski, Republican of Alaska, during a committee hearing. She previously opposed similar resolutions.
Asked if he was motivated by Americans’ financial woes to make a deal to end the war with Iran, he responded, “Not even a little bit.”
For Nathan Lane, Taraji P. Henson, Daniel Radcliffe and other actors, it can take wigs, group hugs or banishing ghosts to make the transformation.
Ishmael Reed, provocateur and playwright, has a few words for the billionaires of Silicon Valley.Ishmael Reed, 88, an author who has frequently challenged American political culture, at his home in Oakland, Calif. He is writing a play about Elon Musk and other tech billionaires.
Vice President JD Vance said that California had failed to combat fraud in Medicaid.
The move escalates the administration’s feud with legal disciplinary bodies over the ethical conduct of government lawyers.Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, accused the D.C. Bar, which handles complaints of lawyer misconduct, of acting as a “blatantly partisan arm of leftist causes.”
A YouTube series starring Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and his family is part of the nation’s 250th anniversary celebrations, but it doubled as a family excursion for them.Mr. Duffy has insisted that the department’s career ethics and budget officials reviewed and approved his participation i
The Japanese automaker posted its first loss since 1957 as it took a multibillion-dollar hit from scaling back its electric-vehicle plans.A Honda dealership in Osaka, Japan.
After a series of political victories under President Trump, firms are lobbying Congress for a sweeping framework they helped shape.
One of the most prominent activists for Mexico’s disappeared recently found the remains of one missing son. Now she has turned her attention to finding the other.Cecilia Flores during a search for her missing son, Alejandro Guadalupe Islas Flores, in Juan José Ríos, Sinaloa, Mexico.
Starting at the birthplace of Buddhism, a writer traces how its teachings spread across Asia, transforming the continent forever.
In Thailand, where it’s the state-sanctioned religion, practices have proved to be surprisingly mutable.
A Sinicized form of the religion has been preserved on the island, where daily life itself now sometimes seems like an exercise in Buddhist practice.
The scientific investigation into the origin of cruise infection has become entangled with international finger pointing.A sign shows information on hantavirus at a hospital in Bariloche, Argentina. A patient with no known connection to the cruise ship is hospitalized there with hantavirus.
A bleak job market. Rising rents. Huge debt. In New York and other cities, traditional milestones of adulthood feel further away for some 20- and 30-year-olds.Soban Ali moved to New York eager to make his way in a new city. Like so many other young adults, he discovered hardship and disappointment.
New census estimates show that the nation’s largest cities saw the sharpest slowdowns in population growth over the past year amid declines in immigration and plunging birthrates.Austin, Texas, grew to have one million residents, but overall, the growth of midsize cities outpaced that of the larger
A charity is raising money to provide security, arguing that protecting some of right-wing media’s biggest stars is a public good.Nick Shirley, a right-wing YouTuber and influencer, left, at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Grapevine, Texas, in March.
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