Last Updated:August 11, 2025, 09:17 IST US President Donald Trump on Monday urged China to increase its purchases of American soybeans, framing it as a way to address Beijing’s domestic shortages US President Donald Trump, left, shakes hands with China’s President Xi Jinping. (AP file photo) US President Donald Trump on Monday urged China to

Vice-president JD Vance’s attempt to deflect attention away from the Trump administration’s handling of the case against convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has backfired, triggering renewed calls for transparency. In an interview with Fox News broadcast on Sunday, Vance tried to brush off criticism of the administration’s refusal to release documents related to the scandal,

US President Donald Trump has said homeless people must “move out” of Washington DC as he vowed to tackle crime in the city, but the mayor pushed back against the White House likening the capital to Baghdad. “We will give you places to stay, but FAR from the Capital,” he posted on Sunday. The Republican

The White House is considering inviting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to Alaska, where President Donald Trump is scheduled to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to a senior U.S. official and three people briefed on the internal discussions. The senior U.S. official and people briefed on the discussions said no visit has been finalized

Facebook Tweet Email Link Not for the first time, European capitals are gripped with apprehension that Russian President Vladimir Putin will surgically divide the transatlantic alliance as well as get everything he wants in Ukraine. Ahead of the suddenly announced summit in Alaska on Friday between Putin and US President Donald Trump, one European diplomat,

The independent body that redraws the state’s political maps isn’t perfect, many Republicans say. But they prefer that to the gerrymander that Gov. Gavin Newsom seeks to offset one proposed in Texas.