DUBAI – Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday he was neither “overly optimistic nor pessimistic” about talks with the U.S. on Iran’s nuclear programme, in an apparent move by Tehran to play down growing public expectations of a…

Arkansas on Tuesday became the first state to ask the U.S. Department of Agriculture to allow it to ban soda and candy from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as food stamps. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, with the support…

MILAN – Policy and regulatory choices in the United States and Europe, including tariffs and emission regulations, have placed the automotive industry under “extreme pressure”, Stellantis chairman said on Tuesday. “With the current path of painful tariffs and overly rigid…

Rates of autism spectrum disorder among U.S. children reached a record level in 2022, continuing a recent trend of increasing prevalence, according to data released on Tuesday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. At 16 monitoring sites…

WASHINGTON – U.S. President Donald Trump is open to making a trade deal with China but Beijing should make the first move, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Tuesday, citing a statement from the president earlier in the…

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump spoke on Tuesday with the sultan of Oman about the next round of Iran talks scheduled for Saturday in Oman, the White House said. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters Trump’s bottom line…

A judge in Washington on Tuesday blocked most of U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order targeting law firm Susman Godfrey, dealing the White House a new legal setback in its campaign against firms THAT Trump disfavors. U.S. District Judge Loren…

The Trump administration announced an emergency transfer of nearly 110,000 acres of federal land along the U.S.-Mexico border to the Army to help prevent illegal immigration, the Interior Department said on Tuesday. The move is part of President Donald Trump’s…

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned leaders of Mexican cartel La Nueva Familia Michoacana on Tuesday while the State Department announced reward offers of up to $8 million for information that could lead to their arrests. The Treasury Department’s…

WASHINGTON -U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a memorandum aimed at stopping undocumented immigrants and other ineligible people from obtaining Social Security Act benefits, the White House said. Some undocumented workers obtain jobs by using fake or borrowed Social…

NEW YORK -U.S. stocks ended slightly lower on Tuesday as tariff uncertainty stayed high and shares of consumer and healthcare companies eased, while upbeat results from banks provided some support. Shares of Bank of America and Citigroup rose following their…

WASHINGTON -A federal judge ruled on Tuesday that the U.S. EPA, the Interior and Energy Departments and other agencies unlawfully froze funds under Democrats’ climate and infrastructure spending laws, Politico reported. The judge ordered the agencies to immediately resume disbursing…

Democratic former President Joe Biden on Tuesday made his first major speech since leaving the White House in January, defending the Social Security Administration as the Trump administration cuts agency staff and shutters some of its offices. Biden’s speech in…

WASHINGTON – More than 22,000 employees at the tax-collecting Internal Revenue Service have accepted the Trump administration’s latest buyout offer, two agency sources said on Tuesday. The move this month, called a deferred resignation program, offers workers full pay and…

UNITED NATIONS – UNICEF has projected that its 2026 budget will shrink by at least 20% compared to 2024, a spokesperson for the U.N. children’s agency said on Tuesday, after U.S. President Donald Trump slashed global humanitarian aid. In 2024,…

NEW YORK – A group of U.S. universities sued the Department of Energy in Massachusetts federal court on Monday over steep cuts to federal research funding in areas like advanced nuclear technology, cybersecurity, novel radioactive drugs, and upgrades to rural…

BRUSSELS – The European Union is seeking a fair deal on tariffs with the United States, European Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic said on Monday, adding that this would require a “significant joint effort” on both sides. “In DC,… seizing the…

WASHINGTON  -The U.S. Justice Department on Monday said it has charged a man it suspected of carrying out two recent arson attacks against the New Mexico Republican Party’s headquarters and a Tesla dealership in the state. The criminal complaint, dated…

A legal advocacy group on Monday asked the U.S. Court of International Trade to block President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on foreign trading partners, arguing that the president overstepped his authority. The lawsuit was filed by the Liberty Justice Center,…

A federal judge in Vermont questioned on Monday whether the Trump administration would instigate a “constitutional crisis” by not releasing a Turkish student at Tufts University from immigration custody if he concluded her arrest was unlawful. U.S. District Judge William…

WASHINGTON – U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration wants to halve the State Department budget, cutting more than $30 billion, in fiscal 2026, four U.S. officials familiar with the plan said on Monday – a massive reduction that could see nearly…

UNITED NATIONS – The U.N. Trade and Development agency urged U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration on Monday to exclude the poorest and smallest economies from reciprocal tariffs because it “would have minimal impact on United States trade policy objectives.” Trump…

Harvard President Alan Garber wrote in a public letter on Monday that Harvard had received demands from the federal Department of Education that threaten “our values as a private institution devoted to the pursuit, production, and dissemination of knowledge.” “No…

President Donald Trump’s administration on Monday asked a federal court to throw out a regulation capping credit card late fees at $8, saying it agreed with business and banking groups that alleged in a lawsuit that the rule was illegal….

The U.S. Department of Education said on Monday it was freezing about $2.3 billion in federal funds to Harvard University over the school’s decision to fight White House demands, including that it shut down diversity, equity and inclusion programs. “Harvard’s…

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump said on Monday he believes Iran is intentionally delaying a nuclear deal with the United States and that it must abandon any drive for a nuclear weapon or face a possible military strike on Tehran’s…

BEIJING – The Chinese embassy in Argentina has called out U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent for “maliciously slandering and smearing” China for carrying out normal cooperation with other countries, expressing firm opposition to his remarks. “We advise the U.S. to…

DALIAN, China – When a Chinese pork producer filed for bankruptcy in 2019, the news came as a jolt to Alan Hill. The retired Apple executive from Albuquerque had invested about $100,000 last decade in Dalian Chuming Meat Processing through…

MOSCOW – Russia’s foreign minister said in an interview that it was not easy to agree with the United States on the key parts of a possible peace deal to end the war in Ukraine. “It is not easy to…

LONDON – Global investors have slashed their holdings of U.S. stocks by a record amount in the past two months, and think a trade war that triggers global recession is the biggest risk for markets, BofA Global Research said on…