WHITE HOUSE — China has responded to U.S. President Donald Trump’s charges China and Russia are manipulating the value of their currencies. Monday, Trump tweeted, “Russia and China are playing the Currency Devaluation game as the U.S. keeps raising interest rates. Not acceptable!” His charge came just days after the U.S. Treasury Department declined to label […]
WASHINGTON — The White House says President Donald Trump remains determined to pull out U.S. troops deployed in Syria, a message that comes after French President Emmanuel Macron said he convinced Trump to keep U.S. forces there. “The U.S. mission has not changed — the president has been clear that he wants U.S. forces to come […]
President Trump announced Friday night “a combined operation” by the U.S., France and Britain against the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, aimed at ending his government’s use of chemical weapons. Explosions lit up the skies over Damascus, the Syrian capital, as Trump spoke from the White House. Syrian television reported that Syria’s air defenses, […]
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday decried “stupid trade” with China, contending that U.S. automakers are hurt by hefty tariffs on their exports while the U.S. imposes a much smaller tax on imported Chinese vehicles. “When a car is sent to the United States from China, there is a Tariff to be paid of […]