Trump Tariffs and Trade Wars Leave Investors, Once Optimistic, Feeling Apprehensive

Follow the latest news on the Trump administration. President Trump made a lot of promises on the campaign trail last year. Investors and business leaders enthusiastically cheered some, like lower…

Trump Promised Americans Booming Wealth. Now He’s Changing His Tune.

Follow the latest news on the Trump administration. As a presidential candidate, Donald J. Trump promised an economic “boom like no other.” But eight weeks into his presidency, Mr. Trump…

Bardella, Leader of France’s Far-Right National Rally, Heads to Israel

Jordan Bardella, the young president of France’s far-right National Rally, plans to visit Israel this month in a powerful symbol of his party’s shift from the home of French antisemitism…

Musk Email Reaches Italian Workers. It Did Not Go Well.

Follow the latest news on the Trump administration. Italian employees at the Aviano Air Base in northern Italy paused from flipping burgers, unloading trucks and restocking shelves recently to open…

Trump’s Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum Take Effect

Follow the latest news on the Trump administration. President Trump’s sweeping tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum went into effect on Wednesday, inviting immediate retaliation from the European Union and…

Brad Schimel, a Trump Loyalist, Aims to Flip Wisconsin’s Supreme Court

“I know that Donald Trump has said some things that are bad,” Judge Schimel said as a voice in the crowd cried out, “Get over it!” He added: “I’m the…

Trump Condemned by Rights Groups for Calling Schumer a ‘Palestinian’

Jewish and Muslim groups condemned President Trump for calling Senator Chuck Schumer “a Palestinian,” saying that the president used the term as a racial slur. Mr. Trump made the comments…

Putin Visits Kursk to Cheer Russian Troops Trying to Oust Ukraine

Russia’s president, Vladimir V. Putin, dressed in fatigues, visited a command post near the front in Kursk late Wednesday to cheer on his military’s ejection of Ukrainian forces from much…

Putin Is ‘Carefully Studying’ Proposed Ukraine Cease-Fire

As recently as January, President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia emphatically rejected the idea of a temporary cease-fire in Ukraine. But after a month in which President Trump turned American…

Government Shutdown Looms With Senate Democrats Opposing 6-Month Funding Bill

Senate Democrats said on Wednesday that they would refuse to back a Republican-written stopgap bill to fund the government through Sept. 30, significantly raising the chances of a government shutdown…