The F-35, a fifth-generation fighter, was developed in partnership with eight countries, making it a model of international cooperation. When President Trump introduced its successor, the F-47, he praised its strengths — and said the version sold to allies would be deliberately downgraded. That made sense, Mr. Trump said last week, “because someday, maybe they’re … Read more
A panel in Texas on Thursday denied parole for the woman who killed Selena, a 23-year-old trailblazing Mexican American singer who was making it big in the popular music scene. The decision came a few days shy of the 30th anniversary of the killing, which shocked her fans and spurred a cultlike following. Yolanda Saldívar, … Read more
President Trump is using tariffs to rewire the global economic order in a flurry of on-again, off-again maneuvers, arguing they will boost U.S. factories and generate revenue. But his strategy has already triggered retaliation from major trading partners, rattled markets and upended diplomatic ties. On Wednesday, the European Union announced up to $28 billion in … Read more
President Trump announced sweeping tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum on Monday, re-upping a policy from his first term that pleased domestic metal makers but hurt other American industries and ignited trade wars on multiple fronts. The president signed two official proclamations that would impose a 25 percent tariff on steel and aluminum from all … Read more
President Trump is moving forward with extensive tariffs on America’s closest trading partners. Beginning Tuesday, companies bringing products into the United States from Canada and Mexico will pay a 25 percent tariff; importers bringing products in from China will pay an additional 10 percent on top of existing levies. The president has insisted that these … Read more
Burned shells of abandoned cars and metal debris sat scattered along the charred streets. Soot stained homes that had been engulfed in flames. A crater in a sidewalk outside a Macy’s department store smoldered. Residents in Northeast Philadelphia on Saturday stood in disbelief at the devastation they witnessed in their neighborhood after a small medical … Read more
A small medical plane carrying six people crashed near a shopping center in Northeast Philadelphia on Friday night, apparently leaving no survivors and sending a large fireball into the air that engulfed vehicles and homes in flames, the authorities said. The Learjet 55 was transporting a young female patient from Philadelphia, where she had been … Read more
President Trump said on Tuesday that he intended to impose a 10 percent tariff on Chinese imports into the United States on Feb. 1, a decision that is sure to escalate trade tensions between the world’s largest economies. Speaking at the White House, Mr. Trump said that the tariffs were in response to China’s role … Read more
Mexico opened the possibility on Friday of receiving non-Mexican migrants deported by the United States after initially saying they would push President-elect Donald Trump to return other nationalities directly to their countries of origin. President Claudia Sheinbaum said during her daily press briefing that in cases where the US would not return migrants to their … Read more
A 59-year-old man in Mexico has died with a type of bird flu – H5N2 – never recorded in people before now. There is no risk to the wider public, say authorities, and none of the man’s close contacts have caught the virus. It is unclear how he got it, although there have been cases … Read more