The funding boost, announced by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, comes as concerns rise over threats against Jewish and Muslim communities, fuelled in part by the Israel-Gaza war.
China’s steel production has increased, but a property market downturn and slowdown in infrastructure spending have seen prices plunge steeply, leading to overcapacity and trade tensions.
National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said the two issues were part of an ‘integrated vision’ for peace in the Middle East and could not be disentangled.
Air force chief Frank Kendall conducted a test flight on the Vista plane that went nearly nose to nose with a second human-piloted F-16.
In the face of a potential ban of TikTok in the US, Chinese merchants selling on the platform are preparing for the worst.
She also described how her boss was upset about the ‘Access Hollywood’ recording in which he bragged about grabbing women’s genitals.
Three Indian nationals have been charged in the shooting, and authorities are ‘investigating connections to the government of India’.
Yvette Wang admitted to conspiring with the self-exiled Chinese businessman and others to commit wire fraud and money laundering.
Brian Nelson, the Treasury’s undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, will visit the region as Washington looks to combat funding for Iran and its proxies as well as evasion of its sanctions on Russia.
Trade talks between Taiwan and the United States for a phase-two deal have begun, with progress likely to be ‘harder’, analysts say, as more contentious topics fall under the microscope.
The list of 19 Medal of Freedom honorees pays homage to ‘firsts’ in their field, including the Everything Everywhere All at Once star, the first Asian to win the Oscar for Best Actress.
Multiple reporters from outlets have published stories noting that Donald Trump appeared to doze off during his first criminal trial.
Huawei is the sole funder of a research competition that has attracted hundreds of proposals from scientists, including those at top US universities.
US lawyers representing young people and their families allege that the overseas version of TikTok protects children in China in ways that the US version does not.
Speaking at Trump’s hush money trial, lawyer Keith Davidson testified about his concern that he may have helped the businessman win the White House.
Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines says joint exercises show ‘China definitely wants Russia to be working with them and we see no reason why [Russia] wouldn’t’.
The US president says the protests have not made him reconsider his position on the war, but he does not support calls to send in the National Guard.
Japan is a critical US ally, while India, one of the world’s fastest-growing economies, is a vital partner in the Indo-Pacific despite differences on human rights
Analysts say China’s central bank, with an eye on the yuan’s stability, could let it weaken gradually, but such a move ‘could backfire to some degree’.
The predawn police crackdown at UCLA marked the latest flashpoint for mounting tensions on US college campuses, where protests over Israel’s conduct of the war in Gaza.
Tensions are boiling over at college campuses across the United States as police move in to break up protest encampments, clear out occupied buildings, and make arrests.