U.S. reportedly increasing digital incursions into Russian power grid
U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday accused The New York Times of "a virtual act of treason," after it reported the U.S. is stepping up digital incursions into Russia's electric power grid. Current and former government officials have described the classified deployment of American computer ...
Japanese companies opposed to U.S. slapping additional tariffs on Chinese goods
U.S. subsidiaries of Japanese companies, as well as American and Chinese businesses, have voiced opposition to President Donald Trump's proposed tariffs of up to 25 percent on an additional $300 billion of Chinese products. Companies such as Epson America Inc., Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC and ...
Amid U.S.-China trade war, Osaka braces for G20 summit
Ready or not Osaka, here it comes. The Group of 20 Summit, that is. In less than two weeks, one of the world's largest gatherings of world leaders outside the annual United Nations General Assembly in New York takes place in Osaka. About 30,000 people, ...
White House aides Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner made as much as $135 million last year
Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner took in as much as $135 million in revenue during their second year as aides to President Donald Trump, generated by their vast real estate holdings, stocks and bonds and even a book deal, according to their financial disclosures ...
U.S. Treasury chief says 2020 deadline for Tubman $20 bill not possible
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Friday called "completely erroneous" a published report that an initial 2020 deadline for completing the design of a $20 bill featuring Harriett Tubman could have been met. Mnuchin told a congressional committee last month that the redesign of the ...
Trump walks back foreign election dirt comments, says 'of course' he would tell FBI
U.S. President Donald Trump shifted gears Friday on election interference, saying "of course" he would go to the FBI or the attorney general if a foreign power offered him dirt on an opponent. Trump's new stance was a walk back — to a degree — ...
U.S. Treasury chief on solid ground in withholding Trump tax returns, Justice Department says
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin did not violate the law by refusing to provide President Donald Trump's tax returns to Congress because the confidentiality of returns is protected under the law, the Justice Department said in a legal opinion released Friday. Federal law "protecting confidentiality ...
Trump says 'it doesn't matter' if Xi agrees to meeting at Osaka G20 summit
U.S. President Donald Trump said "it doesn't matter" if Chinese President Xi Jinping agrees to meet with him later this month during the Group of 20 summit in Osaka to restart negotiations over trade because the United States is collecting billions of dollars in ...
Trump says 'Iran did do it,' as U.S. seeks support on Gulf oil tanker attacks
The United States on Friday blamed Iran for attacks on two oil tankers at the entrance to the Gulf and said it was seeking international consensus about the threat to shipping, despite Tehran denying involvement in the explosions at sea. Thursday's attacks raised fears of ...
Abe denounces tanker attacks, but stays silent on possible suspects and urges 'restraint'
Japan "resolutely denounces" attacks on two oil tankers near the Strait of Hormuz, regardless of who is responsible for them, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Friday after speaking with U.S. President Donald Trump by phone. Abe, who returned to Tokyo in the morning from a ...
Katie Jones sure seemed plugged into Washington's political scene. She boasted a job at a top think tank and a who's-who network of pundits and experts, from the centrist Brookings Institution to the right-wing Heritage Foundation. She was connected to a deputy assistant secretary ...
After Tehran visit, hurdles remain high for Abe in bid to mediate between U.S. and Iran
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has embarked on an ambitious endeavor to play the role of international mediator in the hope of charting a course for dialogue between Tehran and Washington. As the first Japanese prime minister to visit Iran since 1978, Abe received assurances from ...
