Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken cheered on the sidelines of a basketball game in Shanghai on Wednesday night and chatted with students on the New York University Shanghai campus on Thursday and met with American business owners. This all underscores the nature of the economic, educational and cultural relationships that the United States explicitly…
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) attends a press conference at Columbia University in response to demonstrators protesting in support of Palestinians, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas in New York City , USA, April 24, 2024. David Dee Delgado | Reuters House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., struggled to…
Israel welcomed a U.S. aid package signed by President Biden on Wednesday that provides about $15 billion in military aid to Israel, increasing American support for its closest Middle East ally despite tensions in their relations over the continuation of the war in Gaza increased by Israel. “Our alliance is ironclad,” Israel Katz, the country’s…
FTC Chairwoman Lina Khan testifies during a budget hearing of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Innovation, Data and Commerce on April 18, 2023. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and several other business groups sued the Federal Trade Commission in federal court in Texas on…
Vor etwas mehr als einem Jahr legten die Gesetzgeber einen seltenen Beweis von Überparteilichkeit an den Tag, als sie Shou Chew, CEO von TikTok, über die Verbindungen der Video-App zu China befragten. Ihre scharfen Befragungen deuteten darauf hin, dass Washington sich darauf vorbereitete, das Unternehmen zu zwingen, die Beziehungen zu seinem chinesischen Eigentümer abzubrechen –…
If an airline cancels your flight, remember that you are entitled to a full refund. Bunhill | E+ | Getty Images The Biden administration unveiled two new rules Wednesday that will directly impact the millions of Americans who fly commercially each year. The first rule requires airlines to be more transparent about additional fees. The…
With the 2024 primary season in the home stretch – and the presidential contest already set – hundreds of thousands of Pennsylvania residents cast their votes in Senate and House races, as well as in presidential and local elections, on Tuesday. President Biden and former President Donald J. Trump, who had been heading for a…
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks to the media at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on April 17, 2024, after the Senate rejected House Republicans’ impeachment charges against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Ken Cedeno | Reuters The Senate passed a package providing billions in aid to Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan on Tuesday,…
The Senate on Tuesday moved to approve a $95.3 billion foreign aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan that had been stalled for months. The bill, a version of which passed the Senate in February with bipartisan support, cleared a key procedural hurdle Tuesday by a vote of 80-19, reflecting broad bipartisan support. To get…
Republican presidential candidate and former US President Donald Trump watches in the courtroom as his criminal trial begins in Manhattan State Court on charges that he falsified business records to hide money he paid to silence porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016 in New York City, USA, April 23, 2024. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters Former…
