What Countries Recognize a Palestinian State: A Map
In the past week alone, three new countries have said they are ready to bestow recognition on a Palestinian state.Read More
Canada to Recognize Palestinian State at the U.N. General Assembly
Canada joins France and Britain in taking similar steps, after months of increasing criticism of Israel by Prime Minister Mark Carney.Read More
Gaza Hunger Presents Trump With Moral Test Familiar to Past Presidents
The crisis has echoes of past humanitarian crises that left presidents wringing their hands over how to respond.Read More
On Eve of Tariff Deadline, Trump’s Trade War Faces Key Court Test
A federal appeals panel will hear arguments from states and businesses that seek to invalidate the president’s tariffs.Read More
China’s Small Workshops Are Hurting. Trump’s Tariffs Are Only One Reason.
The U.S.-Chinese cease-fire left exporters with crippling tariffs, worsening a slowdown for light-industry factories caused by China’s shift to advanced manufacturing.Read More
A Trade Deadline Frenzy, and Trump’s Push to Redraw Congressional Maps
Plus, why the tsunami wasn’t bigger.Read More
Sneaking Into the Spy Museum’s New Vault
For years, the more than 10,000 items in the International Spy Museum’s collection were stored at a location outside Washington. That changed this summer.Read More
Countries Promise Trump to Buy U.S. Gas, and Leave the Details for Later
U.S. trading partners are committing to buy more gas than they need or than the U.S. can produce, at least in the short term.Read More
South Korea Reaches Trade Deal With Trump
The agreement comes after other American allies, like Japan, clinched their own deals, partly to moderate President Trump’s tariff threats.Read More
Treasury Secretary Says Trump Accounts Could Pave Way to Privatizing Social Security
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s comments about the safety net program ventured onto the so-called third rail of American politics.Read More