Xi Jinping gave two cellphones to South Korea’s president, who asked how secure they were. “You can check if there’s a backdoor,” he said with a laugh.
The president has stretched the limits of his powers to help those at the heart of his agenda, not the many in greatest need.
The president’s trade truce with China has lowered U.S. tariffs to a level that could pause a longer-term effort to reduce America’s dependence on Beijing.
Material costs are rising, workers are scarce and customers are delaying new construction plans.
Many older Chinese immigrants are shifting to the political right, dividing from their children, a trend playing out in the New York City mayor’s race.
The written order came one day after a court told the Trump administration it must pay benefits in the program known as SNAP during the shutdown.
Studies increasingly find links between higher concentrations of certain pollutants and the prevalence of dementia.