A Mercedes-Benz dealership in New York in April, when President Trump’s tariffs on auto imports took effect. The German automaker’s U.S. sales fell 6 percent in the first half of the year.
The Taiwanese leader canceled U.S. transit visits after being urged to change his plans, two officials said. Washington has been in talks with Beijing over trade and a possible summit.
President Lai Ching-te of Taiwan in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, last month. He suffered a political setback on Saturday when a recall campaign aimed at removing several opposition lawmakers failed.
Thomas Built school buses being assembled this month at a plant in High Point, N.C. Companies that rely on imported materials to manufacture goods domestically have been anxious about tariffs.
Six months after a midair collision killed 67 people outside Washington, transportation safety officials will hear testimony from the key players whose pilots were involved in the accident.
The fuselage of the American Airlines plane involved in a collision with a Black Hawk helicopter was recovered from the Potomac River days after the crash.
In an interview with Jack Nicas of The New York Times, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva rejected President Trump’s demands for Brazil. Here’s how the United States and Brazil reached this point.
Faced with threats of 50 percent tariffs and demands to end a criminal case, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said he wouldn’t take orders from President Trump.
Regional authorities in one region declared an emergency after a tsunami hit the Kuril Islands, and the Kamchatka Peninsula was watching for volcanic activity.
The move is part of an effort by Democrats to draw Senate Republicans into the debate over the release of the Epstein files, which has bitterly divided the House G.O.P. and wrought havoc in that chamber.
Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the minority leader, and all seven Democrats on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee sent a letter to the Justice Department requesting that it turn over its files on Jeffrey Epstein.
Seeking higher pay, lawyers for indigent defendants won’t take new clients. As a result, judges must dismiss cases against people accused of crimes who lack lawyers.
The National Transportation Safety Board is also expected to release a trove of documents related to the fatal midair collision in January between an Army helicopter and a regional jet at Reagan National Airport.
The U.S. central bank is widely expected to hold interest rates steady for a fifth straight meeting despite badgering from President Trump to lower borrowing costs.
A $60 billion boost to farm subsidies will be a lifeline to some. But the way the funding will be distributed could worsen disparities between farms in an industry already struggling with consolidation.
A roller coaster aficionado tested all the rides at the new Universal theme park in Orlando and ranks them, from must-dos to mehs in a ride-by-ride guide.
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