The latest news in US politics, with coverage of Donald Trump’s second term.

The global economy has shown remarkable resilience over the past two years, but significant challenges and uncertainties remain. At UN DESA’s seminar, The World Economy in 2025: Pitfalls and Prospects ...

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Sign up here to receive “The US in brief” as a newsletter, each weekday, in your inbox. John McConnell, a federal judge, said that the Trump administration was ...

Sign up here to receive “The US in brief” as a newsletter, each weekday, in your inbox. Donald Trump said new tariffs of 25% on all imported steel and aluminium ...

DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Leading business and political figures attending the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, have discussed and debated topics such as technology ...

Sign up here to receive “The US in brief” as a newsletter, each weekday, in your inbox. The White House’s personnel department sent an email to all civilian ...

The Economist’s history game. “Someone’s going to call his bluff.” —Chris Sununu, a former governor of New Hampshire, thinks that sooner or later some world leader will not back down ...

Sign up here to receive “The US in brief” as a newsletter, each weekday, in your inbox. Donald Trump said he would talk with the leaders of Canada and Mexico on ...