President Trump is back home following a high-stakes meeting in Beijing with Chinese President Xi Jinping that focused on trade, Taiwan and the spiking energy prices amid the war in Iran. Trump arrived on Wednesday and met with Xi the following day. He praised Xi, telling him it was "an honor" to be his friend....
Cuban officials on Friday announced that the island country has run out of oil and diesel as it grapples with a worsening humanitarian crisis in the face of increasing pressure from the Trump administration to change its ways under U.S. terms or risk potential military action. Decades of sanctions stemming from Cold War-era tensions between...
Comedian Bill Maher on Friday slammed President Trump's summit in Beijing with Chinese President Xi Jinping, saying that China "knows what Trump likes." The summit focused on a range of topics, including how to handle Iran, the issue of Taiwan and terms of trade between the U.S. and China. It ended with no breakthroughs, with...
Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) on Friday blasted the Supreme Court for declining to reinstate Virginia's new congressional map approved by voters after the state's high court struck down the measure. "The Supreme Court of the United States has now joined the Supreme Court of Virginia in choosing to nullify an election and the votes...
Claire Lai, the daughter of imprisoned media mogul Jimmy Lai, on Friday praised President Trump for mentioning her father during his summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping this week. The younger Lai told NewsNation's Elizabeth Vargas that she and her family do not know the details of the conversation between Trump and Xi — but...
The U.S. Office of Government Ethics on Thursday released financial disclosure forms showing that President Trump disclosed at least $220 million in financial transactions in the securities of major U.S. companies earlier this year. The reports show a cumulative value of between $220 million and around $750 million, with purchases including securities linked to companies...
Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Friday called on the Trump administration to not extend a waiver on sanctions for anyone who purchases oil from Russia, which is set to expire just after midnight on Saturday. “Tonight, when the current license for Russian oil expires, it should not be renewed," Shaheen, the...
U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro on Friday said her office will increase the jail time penalties for Washington, D.C., parents who do not adhere to curfew laws, which she cited as a consequence of "teen takeovers." Parents and adults aware of or who allow children "to engage in delinquent acts may...