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US Defense Chief meets with Chinese President, Defense Minister

U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has met with Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Chinese counterpart amid rising diplomatic, military and economic tensions between the two superpowers. Mattis said he and Defense...

US Lawmaker: Global pressure needed on N. Korea

WASHINGTON — As Washington pauses its "maximum pressure" campaign while negotiating for the denuclearization of North Korea, it is essential to push the international community to continue pre-summit sanctions on Pyongyang, said...

Kremlin says Trump-Putin Summit to take place

Kremlin officials say there is an agreement for Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Donald Trump to hold a summit in a third country. The announcement came Wednesday as U.S. national security...

US House Rejects Immigration Overhaul

The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday overwhelmingly rejected a sweeping overhaul of the country's immigration policies, ignoring a last-minute appeal from President Donald Trump to approve the legislation. The vote was...

Trump Promises to ‘Even Out’ Auto Industry Trade Imbalance

U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted Tuesday that the government is finishing a study of tariffs on cars imported to the United States, while a U.S. automobile manufacturers' group warned that placing...

US Officials Not Able to Carry Out ‘Zero-Tolerance’ for Migrant Families

WASHINGTON — The United States' top border enforcement official acknowledged Monday that authorities are currently unable to carry out the Trump administration's "zero-tolerance" policy of detaining and prosecuting everyone entering the country...

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