U.S. and South Korea agree 'in principle' on sharing troop costs, State Department says
The United States and South Korea have reached an agreement "in principle" on sharing the cost of stationing U.S. troops in the Asian country, the State Department said Monday, in a move likely to have implications for Japan. "The United States and the Republic of ...
Wall retreat in U.S. shutdown deal leaves Trump battered but vowing to fight on
President Donald Trump, who famously vowed to negotiate big deals in the White House, came out of a government shutdown battle on Friday politically wounded and outmaneuvered by U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi. With Americans exasperated over the 35-day shutdown's impact on everyday ...
'Broken man': Right wing rips Trump over no-wall U.S. shutdown deal
President Donald Trump's deal to end the U.S. government shutdown without getting money for his border wall drew immediate scorn from some of the prominent conservative figures whose support may be crucial to his 2020 re-election bid. Throughout the monthlong standoff with congressional Democrats, Trump ...
Backing down, Trump agrees to end U.S. shutdown without border wall money
President Donald Trump agreed under mounting pressure on Friday to end a 35-day-old partial U.S. government shutdown without getting the $5.7 billion he had demanded from Congress for a border wall, handing a political victory to Democrats. The three-week spending deal reached with congressional leaders, ...
U.S. aviation system showing signs of strain from shutdown as screeners, inspectors stay home
The partial government shutdown is starting to strain America's aviation system, with unpaid security screeners staying home, air-traffic controllers suing the government and safety inspectors off the job. Miami International Airport is providing the most visible evidence yet that the shutdown is at least making ...
Election handouts and other sweeteners threaten to upset India's plan to curb budget deficits
Less than a month before India's budget, risks are growing that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government will miss fiscal targets for a second year in a row as it gives into populist pressures before a high-stakes election. Speculation is mounting of possible cash handouts to ...
Tens of billions of yen in jobless benefits unpaid due to faulty labor ministry data: sources
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Thursday the government will decide whether to rework the fiscal 2019 budget after the ministry’s investigation.
U.S. Congress convenes, attempts to end partial government shutdown
U.S. Democrats swept back to power Thursday in the House of Representatives with veteran Nancy Pelosi at the helm, but they came face to face with what may be a new divided government normal in Washington: legislative gridlock. After a historic opening session of the ...
The paralysis triggered by the U.S. government shutdown could have unexpected consequences, such as muddying economic statistics just as the markets are extremely reactive to any whiff of uncertainty. More than a week into the game of chicken between President Donald Trump and Democrats in ...
With no deal, U.S. government shutdown likely to drag on past Christmas
A partial U.S. government shutdown was almost certain to drag through the Christmas holiday after the Senate adjourned on Saturday without breaking an impasse over President Donald Trump's demand for more funds for a border wall. With no deal in sight on a bill to ...
U.S. suffers partial government shutdown over Trump's demand for billions for border wall
A partial federal shutdown took hold early Saturday after Democrats refused to meet President Donald Trump's demands for $5 billion to start erecting his cherished Mexican border wall, a chaotic postscript for Republicans in the waning days of their two-year reign controlling government. Vice President ...
Japan to seek more transparent and efficient procurement of U.S. arms
In its new defense buildup guidelines, Japan is considering including a pledge to improve the transparency and efficiency of its procurement process for U.S. military equipment amid concerns over its rising defense budget, government sources said Friday. Japan purchases U.S. defense equipment mainly through a ...
