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Democratic Texas Rep. Gene Wu speaks at the Texas State Capitol in Austin, Texas, on Wednesday. State officials are redrawing congressional maps to benefit Republicans.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 22, 2025
Americans worry democracy is in danger amid gerrymandering fights, poll finds
As Texas Republicans redraw the state’s congressional maps to benefit their party, California Democrats threaten to respond in kind.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (left) and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni shake hands during a joint news conference following their meeting at the Chigi Palace in Rome on May 13.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 21, 2025
Meloni offers plan to aid Ukraine in a day if Russia resumes war
The Italian prime minister is pushing for a proposal that amounts to a NATO-like collective defense clause, but doesn’t come with actual membership in the alliance.
National Guard troops keep watch outside Washington's Union Station on Tuesday. U.S. President Donald Trump has deployed the National Guard and ordered an increased federal law enforcement presence in the capital, which he has characterized as overrun with violence and homelessness.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 20, 2025
More Republican governors send National Guard to Washington, backing Trump
The U.S. president has characterized Washington as overrun with violence and homelessness, accusing the city of using fake data to “create a false illusion of safety.”
Texas State Rep. Nicole Collier has chosen to remain at the House until Wednesday, after Democratic lawmakers who had left the state to prevent Republicans from redrawing Texas’s 38 congressional districts returned to the Capitol in Austin, Texas, on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 20, 2025
Texas lawmaker prepares for second night of redistricting protest in state Capitol
Democratic state Rep. Nicole Collier is pushing back in a redistricting battle as President Donald Trump seeks to keep Republican control of Congress.
The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History
WORLD / Politics
Aug 20, 2025
Trump targets the Smithsonian again, saying it focuses too much on how bad slavery was
Civil rights advocates say Trump is undoing decades of social progress and undermining the acknowledgment of critical phases of American history.
Just 42% of respondents in a recent survey approved of U.S. President Donald Trump's performance on crime.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 19, 2025
Trump approval holds at 40%, lowest level of his term, poll finds
The latest poll showed Hispanics, a group that swung toward Trump in last year’s election, have also soured on the president.
U.K. Prime Miniter Keir Starmer speaks at the Jaguar Land Rover automobile manufacturing plant in Solihull, U.K. Starmer declared in May that his trade deal with U.S. President Donald Trump included a cut in U.S. tariffs on British steel to zero.
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 18, 2025
Trade partners grow restless waiting for Trump’s tariff breaks
While deals have been cut, the lower tariff rates agreed have yet to kick in.
National Guard personnel patrol the National Mall in Washington on Saturday.
WORLD
Aug 17, 2025
Three Republican-led states to deploy National Guard troops to U.S. capital
The Republican governors of West Virginia, South Carolina and Ohio OK’d the request by the Trump administration, which has portrayed the city as awash in crime.
Aid workers move bags of yellow lentils at an aid operation in Mekele, Ethiopia.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 14, 2025
U.S. court lets Trump block billions of dollars in foreign aid
The ruling is a big win for Trump’s efforts to dissolve USAID and withhold funding from programs that have fallen out of favor with his administration.
The U.S. State Department's 2024 Human Rights Report was delayed for months as appointees of President Donald Trump altered an earlier draft dramatically to bring it in line with "America First" values, according to government officials who spoke on condition of anonymity.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 13, 2025
U.S. State Department softens criticism of some countries in human rights report
The 2024 Human Rights Report’s section on Israel was much shorter than last year’s edition and made no mention of the severe humanitarian crisis or death toll in the Gaza Strip.
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell (center left) talks to U.S. President Donald Trump and Sen. Tim Scott as they tour the Federal Reserve’s renovation project in Washington on July 24.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 13, 2025
Trump may allow lawsuit against Powell over Fed renovation amid rate tension
The renovation work has become a flash point in Trump’s pressure campaign against Powell and the central bank for not lowering borrowing costs.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the press about deploying federal law enforcement agents in Washington to bolster the local police presence, as U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth looks on, in the Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 12, 2025
Trump takes over D.C. police and deploys national guard in Washington
The move bypassed the city’s elected leaders and was emblematic of a second-term that has seen him wield executive authority in ways with little precedent in modern U.S. history.
Dalton Henry Stout, a member of the white nationalist group Aryan Freedom Network, conceals his identity during a portrait session in southern Oklahoma on May 5.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 11, 2025
American Nazis: The Aryan Freedom Network is riding high in Trump era
American neo-Nazis point to Trump’s rhetoric as driving a surge in interest and recruitment.
The SK Hynix logo at the 26th Semiconductor Exhibition (SEDEX 2024) in Seoul in October 2024.
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 7, 2025
Samsung and SK Hynix not subject to 100% U.S. chip tariffs, South Korean envoy says
Trade envoy Yeo Han-koo said that South Korea will face the most favorable U.S. tariff rates on chips under the trade deal between Washington and Seoul.
U.S. President Donald Trump (right) meets with El Salvador President Nayib Bukele in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on April 14.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 7, 2025
U.S. to ease criticism of El Salvador, Israel and Russia, says report
The Trump administration has increasingly moved away from the traditional promotion of democracy and human rights.
A cargo ship at the port of Oakland, California, on Aug. 4
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 6, 2025
U.S. trade deficit narrowed 16% in June as high tariffs cast shadow on services
Days after reporting that the goods trade deficit fell to its lowest since September 2023, the U.S. said the full deficit including services was also its narrowest since then.
U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday he’ll increase the tariff rate for India "substantially” because of New Delhi’s refusal to halt the buying of Russian oil.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 6, 2025
Trump’s staffing gaps complicate India’s bid to ease U.S. tensions
It’s become urgent for New Delhi to make its case to Washington after being unexpectedly slapped with a 25% tariff and facing further threats over its ties with Russia.
A tour group on the Cornell University campus. About a quarter of Cornell’s student body is international.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 6, 2025
Trump’s visa havoc strands students weeks before classes start
International students are struggling to secure visas as the Trump administration aggressively moves to curtail immigration.
The campus of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York
WORLD / Politics
Aug 5, 2025
With federal funds frozen, wealthy U.S. universities capitulate to Washington
As the universities first targeted succumb to financial pressure and agree to settlements, new institutions are being placed in the crosshairs.
Activists stage a demonstration in front of the United Nations Offices in Geneva on Monday.
ENVIRONMENT / Sustainability
Aug 5, 2025
Pressure from oil producers and U.S. threaten global pact on plastics pollution
Plastic production is set to triple by 2060 without intervention, choking oceans, harming human health and accelerating climate change, according to the OECD.
‘My dream is broken’: Japan visa rules push out foreign residents
A man orders from a kebab shop in the Okubo district in Tokyo.
Thailand gets serious about chasing high-spending tourists
Chinese tourists at Wat Arun Ratchawararam Rathawaramahawihan in Bangkok
Murakami says his novels are ‘different’ from AI literature
Haruki Murakami's first book in three years hit shelves in Japan on Friday.
Japan’s princesses face life-altering legal revisions
Princess Aiko, the daughter of Emperor Naruhito, said in a 2022 news conference upon coming of age that she hopes to “spend a long time together” with her parents.
Japan plans to sharply raise fees for residence permits from October
Foreign tourists walk on the path leading to the Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in May.
Okinawa’s prized seaweed under threat as oceans warm
Local harvesters gather <i>mozuku</i> during low tide at Hyakuna Beach in the city of Nanjo, Okinawa Prefecture. As the planet warms, rising ocean temperatures are placing increasing pressure on the seaweed industry.
‘Defense,’ not ‘warfare,’ stressed as pacifist Japan beefs up capabilities
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi attends an annual training session near Mount Fuji at Higashifuji Training Field in Gotemba, Shizuoka Prefecture, on June 7.
Japan plans to sharply raise fees for residence permits from October
Foreign tourists walk on the path leading to the Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in May.
X Games returns to Chiba with new team format
Skateboarder Sora Shirai practices at Makuhari Messe in Chiba on Friday afternoon. X Games Chiba begins on Saturday.
NU Festival tests Takanawa Gateway City complex’s culture cred
Veteran improvisers Kazuo Imai and Atsuhiro Ito brought some unruly energy to NU Festival, a three-day multimedia event held at the Takanawa Gateway City complex.  

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