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Stock markets around the fell as President Trump imposed tariffs on key trading partners, Canada, Mexico and China

US secretary of state points to China’s ‘influence’ over the waterway and warns if nothing changes, America will act to protect its rights

An unelected billionaire is seizing control of the federal government.

The Trump administration reportedly intends to merge the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) with the state department after days of upheaval.

Against the backdrop of the fires that wiped out whole sections of Southern California, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass’s careers are in danger due to anger from the state’s Democratic base. Calls for both leaders to step down from office have grown since fires started tearing through the swanky […]

Beijing could hit back at the U.S. tech sector by curbing the export of minerals or imposing it’s own duties.

Charities, diplomats and foreign officials around the world are frantically trying to figure out what will happen to the US agency that doles out over $40 billion in aid for everything from life-saving HIV programs in Africa to funding for Ukraine amid the Trump administration’s assault on a cornerstone of the country’s global influence.