U.S. President Donald Trump's use of tariffs as a blunt weapon to extract concessions on everything from commerce to immigration and drug trafficking could redraw global trading norms, analysts say. Since his inauguration on Jan 20, Trump has unveiled and paused blanket tariffs on Canadian and Mexican goods over migration… Read
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), President Donald Trump’s special commission tasked with slashing federal spending, continues to disrupt Washington and the federal bureaucracy. According to published reports, its teams are dropping into federal agencies with a practically unlimited mandate to reform the federal government in accordance with recent executive orders.… Read
Japan has not engaged in war since World War II, maintaining a pacifist stance under its post-war constitution. However, rising tensions in East Asia — partly due to China’s military activities near Taiwan, North Korea’s missile threats and territorial disputes — are increasing security concerns for Japan and its allies.… Read
Private citizens and companies may one day begin to permanently settle outer space and celestial bodies. But if we don’t enact governing laws in the meantime, space settlers may face legal chaos. Many wars on Earth start over territorial disputes. In order to avoid such disputes in outer space, nations should consider… Read
Donald Trump said at his inauguration that he had been "saved by God." Now he appears to be returning the favor with an increasingly conservative, religious focus in his second term as U.S. president. The three-times-married billionaire signed an executive order on Friday to open a "Faith Office" at the… Read
Medical researchers left to compile national data by hand, contraceptive guidelines deemed essential by doctors erased, and the nation's largest tuberculosis outbreak left unreported: President Donald Trump's administration has thrown the U.S. health system into uncharted territory. Here's a look at some of the biggest impacts. Key medical journal goes… Read
President Donald Trump is testing how far Republicans are willing to go in supporting his supercharged “Make America Great Again” agenda, tearing down government agencies and taking actions fundamentally at odds with once-traditional party principles. For now, Republicans are marching largely in lockstep. They are backing cabinet nominees with troubling… Read
When Elon Musk debuted the Department of Government Efficiency recently at the Capitol, House Speaker Mike Johnson enthusiastically predicted the coming Trump administration would bring “a lot of change around here.” Three weeks in, the change the Trump administration has brought is a disruption of the federal government on an… Read
Elon Musk has begun swinging his wrecking ball at the U.S. government, with concerns growing over the unprecedented power that President Donald Trump has handed to the world's richest man. The South African born billionaire has taken control over the U.S. Treasury's payments system that manages trillions of dollars. He… Read
Americans consume more illicit drugs per capita than anyone else in the world; about 6% of the U.S. population uses them regularly. One such drug, fentanyl – a synthetic opioid that’s 50 to 100 times more potent than morphine – is the leading reason U.S. overdose deaths have surged in… Read