WASHINGTON — Recent public opinion polls show President Donald Trump’s approval ratings hovering around 40 percent, a modern low for a new president. But Trump continues to go to great lengths to please that 40 percent or so of his true believers, and many of them say that despite his controversial start, they are pleased with […]
New Zealand has granted the United States permission for a U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker, the USCGC Polar Star, to visit the port of Lyttelton later this month. The icebreaker will make the port call on its way to its home port of Seattle after completing a resupply mission supporting the U.S. Antarctic Program (USAP), which […]
European Union President Donald Tusk says China, Russia and the U.S. administration of President Donald Trump are among the top external threats facing the bloc. His remarks came in a letter to 27 EU leaders before a summit Friday in Malta. “Particularly the change in Washington puts the European Union in a difficult situation; with […]
Mexico’s president has cancelled a planned meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, deepening the rift between the two countries over Trump’s announced border wall. President Enrique Pena Nieto announced on Twitter that he would not attend Tuesday’s planned visit at the White House. Esta mañana hemos informado a la Casa Blanca que no asistiré a […]