As Trump Weighs Sale of Advanced A.I. Chips to China, Critics Sound Alarm

The president signaled he would discuss the sale of Nvidia’s Blackwell chips in a summit on Thursday, a move U.S. officials warned would be a “massive” national security mistake.Read More
Nvidia Is First Company to Top $5 Trillion in Market Value Amid AI Boom

The A.I. chip maker has become a linchpin in the Trump administration’s trade negotiations in Asia.Read More
How Japan’s New Prime Minister Bonded With Trump

Trump will meet Japan’s new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, on Tuesday (10/28). A look at how she will approach President Trump in order to rekindle the close relationship he had with her mentor, former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.Read More
Video Analysis Shows Staged Recovery of Israeli Hostage Remains

Israel’s military released a drone video of the incident in Gaza, and The New York Times analyzed the footage.Read More
As Both Sides Remain Dug in, What Can Break the Government Shutdown Impasse?

Significant milestones over the next few weeks could shuffle the status quo. For now, both sides remain dug in as the closure heads into a fifth week.Read More
South Korea Says the United States Agreed to 15% Tariffs

Seoul will invest $200 billion, or as much as $20 billion a year, and set aside another $150 billion to invest in its American shipbuilding operations, a South Korean official said.Read More
Boeing Reports Big Quarterly Loss but Sales Improved

The aerospace company was hurt by the delay of a new plane but made progress on increasing production of the 737 Max, its most popular aircraft.Read More
Helen DeWitt’s New Novel Almost Drove Her To Despair

Helen DeWitt’s bewildering co-written novel, “Your Name Here,” took almost 20 years to publish, a process that nearly drove her to despair.Read More
U.S. Middle East Envoy Presses Lebanon to Disarm Hezbollah

The visit by the envoy, Morgan Ortagus, coincided with a spike in Israeli attacks on Hezbollah in recent weeks that has stoked fears of a renewed conflict.Read More
Toyota Says $10 Billion U.S. Investment Touted by Trump Isn’t New

Japanese officials have called into question some elements of the flurry of big new investments announced by President Trump during his Japan visit.Read More