China’s surplus reached $1.19 trillion last year, a 20 percent increase from 2024, as Beijing kept the currency weak and pursued self-reliance to replace imports.The production line at a car factory in Hangzhou, China, in October. Exports to the United States fell, but rose to much of the rest of th
Many indicators appear to suggest that the United States is growing despite tariffs, not because of them.President Trump on Tuesday toured a Ford Motor factory in Dearborn, Mich., and extolled the benefits of tariffs in strengthening the country’s economy.
Under Bill Pulte, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have pulled away from efforts to help low-income people buy homes.The Federal Housing Finance Agency has been repealing rules, firing teams of people focused on fair lending and climate risk, and reducing the agency’s focus on low-income home buyers.
Plus, the battle over taxing billionaires.Joseph H. Thompson was among a group of prosecutors in Minnesota who resigned, according to three people with knowledge of the decision.
In Minneapolis and other cities where federal agents have led immigration crackdowns, residents have formed loose networks to track and protest them.Activists in Minneapolis have been following federal agents as they carry out the Trump administration’s immigration operation.
Arrests and aggressive tactics by ICE and the Border Patrol, many seen on viral videos, have intensified the frustration and fear among residents.
Mayor Jacob Frey, a Democrat, has clashed with his party’s activist wing. His response to ICE has won him new respect at home and new foes in Washington.Mayor Jacob Frey in his office at City Hall in Minneapolis.
The refugees, many of them from Somalia, had passed security screenings before coming to the United States. The Trump administration has vowed to “re-examine thousands of refugee cases.”U.S. Border Patrol agents clashed with community members after federal immigration officers crashed into a vehicle
A visit to Greenland reveals a swirl of feelings as people nervously await talks with the Trump administration about the island’s future.Nuuk’s old harbor, Greenland, on Tuesday. People on the island have reacted with shock, anger, confusion and fear to President Trump’s interest in buying or taking
The treaty that created NATO did not contemplate an attack by one ally on another. A seizure of Greenland by President Trump would test the endurance of the mutual-defense pact.A frozen corner of the main fishing harbor in Nuuk, the capital of Greenland.
The companies that turn oil into gasoline and diesel are likely to benefit more, right away, than the businesses that pump oil out of the ground.A Valero Energy refinery in Houston. U.S. refining companies are poised to profit if more Venezuelan oil starts flowing to the United States.
Félix Plasencia, an envoy of the interim government, will travel to the United States on the day the opposition leader María Corina Machado is to meet President Trump.Félix Plasencia, then Venezuela’s foreign minister, in Caracas, Venezuela, in 2022.
Hundreds of families are hoping their loved ones will be freed by the Venezuelan government, which has said little about who would be released or when.Family members of political prisoners holding a vigil outside of the Rodeo I detention center last week in Guatire, Venezuela.
In “A Private Life,” the actress takes on her first solo lead role in which she speaks fluent French, but her French connection goes all the way back to childhood.To prepare for her role in ”A Private Life,” Foster read French books aloud at home and then turned up in Paris to immerse herself in Fre
Republican election officials welcome the review, which relies on a federal verification tool, but they say they have not discovered a major problem when it comes to noncitizen voters.People vote during the 2024 presidential election in Detroit. Mr. Trump and his allies have claimed for the past dec
A White House spokesman said the president “gave an appropriate and unambiguous response.”President Trump touring a Ford factory in Dearborn, Mich., on Tuesday.
It is unclear what possible crime might involve Senator Elissa Slotkin, a Democrat, who has warned in dire terms about the dissolution of American democracy.Senator Elissa Slotkin of Michigan, a former C.I.A. officer, organized a video with five other Democratic lawmakers in which they urged militar
The parent company of Saks, Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman struggled with debt, designers and customers in recent years.Saks Fifth Avenue in New York City was founded in 1924 as a jewel of American retail. The store stands across the street from Rockefeller Center.
Answers to this and other questions about the financial crisis in America’s biggest luxury department store.Saks Fifth Avenue, one of the country’s most storied luxury department stores, has filed for bankruptcy protection.
The real story of how immigrant labor came to define the construction industry.
Its security forces have brutally defended the Islamic Republic, but the protests show that many Iranians consider it stagnant and ideologically hollow.Some parts of Tehran saw heavy damage during protests in recent days.
Amid a near-total communications blackout, witness footage trickling out of Iran paints a picture of how the country’s largest uprising in decades spread — and turned deadly.
After securing strong recruits on a tough Senate map, the Democratic leader is not only predicting an upset 2026 victory, but also naming the states he thinks his party can flip.Senator Chuck Schumer of New York has been under intense pressure within the Democratic Party, but he has managed to secur
The prime minister is seeking new markets for Canadian goods and to mend relations with China after years of deep acrimony between the two nations.Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada and his advisers have said that he is seeking a pragmatic thawing of Canada’s relationship with China.
