US secretary of state Marco Rubio claimed to a US radio station this week that China could potentially “shut down the Panama Canal” in any conflict. Ahead of a trip to Panama this weekend, he added: ...

Debt rankers appear to have been more coy in recent years on risks of developed economies than emerging markets ...

From Anne Gordon, Vice President for International Tax Policy, National Foreign Trade Council, Washington, DC, US ...

US diplomats have requested an urgent exemption for Ukraine-related programmes from a 90-day freeze on foreign aid and “stop work” orders issued by secretary of state Marco Rubio, according to ...

Republican senators Mitch McConnell, Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski are considered obvious candidates to oppose Kennedy’s nomination. All three voted against Trump’s defence secretary nominee Pete ...

Donald Trump’s Treasury secretary Scott Bessent is pushing for new universal tariffs on US imports to start at 2.5 per cent ...

Key Fed decision: The central bank’s expected decision today is the first following Trump’s return to office, which has been marked by a flurry of executive orders as the US president seeks to impose ...

Instead, Trump’s order demands the deployment of “space-based interceptors” — a web of satellites, some equipped with lasers. It then calls for the development of another layer of lower-altitude ...

As a longtime subscriber, I thank you for your excellent coverage of world affairs both in Gaza and Washington DC last week. As a veteran humanitarian surgeon in war zones, I applaud the independence ...

Controversy erupted as Donald Trump blocked taxpayer cash from going out the door to left-wing groups, spreading panic throughout the grifting class.

Elliott Management wrote that White House policy is fueling a speculative crypto bubble that will eventually "wreak havoc." ...

More than 400 people signed up to speak in favor of a local journalism support program proposed in Washington state, funded ...