Foreign policy
U.S. embassies told to prepare for staff cuts as Trump overhauls diplomatic corps, sources say
The entrance of the United States Embassy in Bogota, Colombia on Jan. 26, 2025. Pablo Vera | Afp | Getty Images President Donald Trump’s administration has asked U.S. embassies worldwide to prepare for staff cuts, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Thursday, as part of the Republican president’s effort to overhaul the U.S. diplomatic corps. The sources said some embassies had been asked to look into reducing both U.S. staff as […]
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China’s pain threshold for tariffs is a ‘lot lower’ than U.S., says former Trump advisor
China’s pain threshold for tariffs is “a lot lower” than the U.S.’, according to Stephen Moore, a former economic advisor to U.S. President Donald Trump. Speaking at a Delivering Alpha event in Dubai, Moore said that China was Trump’s main target regarding tariffs. He described the foreign economic policy as a “negotiating tool” from the […]
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Talks to end the war with Russia are set to begin — but Ukraine could pay a high price for peace
U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin at a joint press conference after their summit on July 16, 2018, in Helsinki, Finland. Chris McGrath | Getty Images News | Getty Images Almost three years after Russia invaded Ukraine, talks to end the war that has led to the loss of tens of thousands […]
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Trump reciprocal tariffs could come by Thursday, White House says
U.S. President Donald Trump looks on, as he signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, U.S., Feb. 10, 2025. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters President Donald Trump could announce his reciprocal tariff plan before he meets with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday, the White House said Wednesday. “I […]
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Trump froze a bribery law that previously hit suppliers for Elon Musk’s Tesla
Elon Musk listens to U.S. President Donald Trump speak in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., Feb. 11, 2025. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters The anti-bribery law whose enforcement President Donald Trump has suspended was previously used by the Department of Justice and financial regulators to win settlements totaling more than […]
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U.S. defense chief Hegseth says return to Ukraine’s pre-2014 borders not realistic
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks to members of the press during a bilateral meeting with Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Richard Marles at the Pentagon on February 7, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. Alex Wong | Getty Images News | Getty Images U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Wednesday that a […]
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India’s oil minister says ‘we play by the rules,’ as markets weigh U.S. energy sanctions
India will cooperate with international sanctions, the country’s oil minister told CNBC on Tuesday, as markets eye future U.S. policy under the new administration of President Donald Trump. “We play by the rules. If there is an international sanction, which is anchored, we would not want to go around it or anything,” India’s Minister of […]
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Trump hosts Jordan’s King Abdullah II, renews insistence that the U.S. can control and redevelop Gaza
President Donald Trump hosted Jordan’s King Abdullah II at the White House on Tuesday and renewed his insistence that Gaza could be emptied of all residents, controlled by the U.S. and redeveloped as a tourist area — a plan that could likely only work if the Arab nation agrees to accept more refugees. Trump and […]
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Trump says Treasury Secretary Bessent is going to Ukraine as U.S. has ‘little to show’ for aid sent
U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent speaks, at the White House, in Washington, U.S. February 3, 2025. Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will head to Ukraine for discussions about the war with Russia, U.S. President Donald Trump announced Tuesday. Trump said in a post on Truth Social that Bessent will […]
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Ukraine ‘may be Russian someday,’ Trump says, as the U.S. ups the pressure on Kyiv and allies
Donald Trump (L) and Russia’s Vladimir Putin arrive to attend a joint press conference after a meeting at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, on July 16, 2018. Yuri Kadobnov | Afp | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump suggested that Ukraine could lose its sovereignty to Russia, and said he wanted compensation for the aid […]
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