Trump’s Economic Approach Draws Concern From Some Republicans

24 août 2026 à 09:30

A plan to lower tariffs on imported beef and trade tensions with Canada have compounded some G.O.P. worries about a central issue in the midterms.

President Trump arriving aboard Air Force One at Kennedy International Airport on Aug. 14.

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Iran Warns Gulf States Not to Join Trump’s Economic War

Par : Erika Solomon

23 août 2026 à 13:00

Iran’s new hard-line national security adviser, Mohsen Rezaei, vowed to prevent “a single drop of oil” from leaving the region.

Mohsen Rezaei, Iran’s new security chief, last month in Tehran. Though hostilities have largely ceased, the United States and Iran are locked in an economic standoff.

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U.S.-Canada Trade War: What to Know About Tariffs and the Negotiations

Par : The New York Times

25 août 2026 à 14:49

Canada suspended trade negotiations, triggering President Trump’s 50 percent tariffs on a range of Canadian goods. Mark Carney retaliated “dollar for dollar.”

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney addresses the trade dispute with the United States in Levis, Quebec, on Aug. 24.

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Echoing Trump, Latin America’s Leaders Boost Allies Across Borders

Par : Emma Bubola · Annie Correal and Ana Ionova

23 août 2026 à 05:01

With cheers, endorsements and insults for rivals and “wokismo,” a new crop of right-wing leaders are openly stepping into one another’s elections.

President Javier Milei of Argentina, left, with Flávio Bolsonaro, who hopes to be Brazil’s next president, last month. Mr. Milei’s strident support of Mr. Bolsonaro’s candidacy led to a rift with the current Brazilian president.

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Mexican Governor Accused by U.S. of Aiding Cartel Leaves Office, Again

Par : James Wagner and Lars Dolder

23 août 2026 à 10:32

Rubén Rocha Moya of Sinaloa reversed course a day after returning to office, amid widespread criticism, including from members of his own party.

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Trump’s Top Trade Representative Details Offer That Canada Rejected

Par : Ana Swanson

23 août 2026 à 10:43

In an interview, Jamieson Greer, President Trump’s trade representative, laid out details of what the United States offered to Canada before talks crumbled.

Jamieson Greer, the U.S. trade representative, said Canada would have been given the most preferential treatment of any trading partner.

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Carney Slams U.S.-Canada Trade Proposal and Vows Retaliation

Par : Ian Austen

22 août 2026 à 16:35

Prime Minister Mark Carney gave a powerful speech to Canadians on Saturday morning, hours after ordering negotiators to suspend U.S. trade talks despite President Trump’s punishing tariffs.

Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada said that he had pulled negotiators out of trade talks with the United States because the Trump administration had “asked too much and offered too little.”

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Waking Up to an Escalating Canada-U.S. Trade War

Par : Ian Austen

22 août 2026 à 06:22

The two countries are locked in a potentially devastating tariff war after last-minute demands ended talks in Washington late Friday night.

Dominic LeBlanc and Janice Charette at the Canadian Embassy in Washington in June.

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Carney Stands Up to Trump in U.S.-Canada Trade War

Par : Matina Stevis-Gridneff

23 août 2026 à 03:15

Canada’s prime minister walked away from what he thought was a bad trade deal with the United States. Many Canadians are behind him, but it will be costly.

Mark Carney, Canada’s prime minister, said on Saturday that “Canada is becoming stronger and less dependent on America.”

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How a Trump Envoy Uses Vodka and Dirty Jokes to Conduct U.S. Diplomacy

Par : Valerie Hopkins

22 août 2026 à 10:38

The diplomat, John Coale, says his personalized approach gets results and matches the president’s style. Critics contend he is giving up too much to an authoritarian leader.

John Coale, the U.S. special envoy to Belarus, was on hand last year in Lithuania for the arrival of released prisoners from Belarus.

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Canada-U.S. Tariff Talks Continue as Trump’s Midnight Deadline Looms

Par : Matina Stevis-Gridneff

21 août 2026 à 20:06

Canadian negotiators were in Washington to finalize a deal that would stave off new tariffs and improve the terms of existing ones, but Mark Carney faces a tough sell back home.

The ArcelorMittal Dofasco steel plant in Hamilton, Ontario. President Trump hit the Canadian steel industry with tariffs of up to 50 percent last year.

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Canada-U.S. Trade War Escalates as Talks Collapse

Par : Matina Stevis-Gridneff · Ian Austen and Ana Swanson

22 août 2026 à 11:59

Intense negotiations to stave off new levies by the Trump administration ended in an impasse as Mark Carney suspended talks. U.S. tariffs on Canada, and retaliatory tariffs on the U.S., will come into effect.

Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada said he suspended the trade talks because the American side introduced last-minute terms that ”called into question the reliability of any deal.”

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Judge Strikes Down Trump’s 75-Country Visa Ban

Par : Mattathias Schwartz

21 août 2026 à 22:12

The ruling from the Southern District of New York found that the policy went beyond Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s legal authority.

Travelers arriving from international flights outside the U.S. Customs and Border Protection exit at Kennedy International Airport in New York last year.

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Mexican Governor, Accused by U.S. of Helping Cartel, Returns to His Job

Par : James Wagner

22 août 2026 à 02:42

After U.S. prosecutors accused Gov. Rubén Rocha Moya of protecting the Sinaloa cartel, he said he would step down to focus on his defense. On Friday, he declared he was back and faced much criticism.

Rubén Rocha Moya, the governor of Sinaloa state, during an annual earthquake drill in Culiacán, Mexico, in 2024.

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U.S. Agreed to Pay Liberia $5 Million in Connection with Deportees, Documents Say

Par : Madeleine Ngo · Hamed Aleaziz and Zolan Kanno-Youngs

21 août 2026 à 16:56

The Trump administration approved the payment after Liberia said it would consider taking migrants from other countries.

A plane carrying deportees from the United States at Roberts International Airport in Liberia on Thursday.

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5 Deportees Are Flown by US to Equatorial Guinea After they Resist Deplaning in Liberia

Par : Pranav Baskar · Hamed Aleaziz and Genevieve Glatsky

21 août 2026 à 19:36

At least five of the people flown to Liberia under the Trump administration’s third-country deportation program resisted leaving the plane. They were then flown to Equatorial Guinea.

The Bamy Hotel, where migrants are held, in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea.

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Gazebos From Uzbekistan: The Latest Foreign Gifts in Trump’s Washington

Par : Luke Broadwater

21 août 2026 à 11:54

The structures will go up in West Potomac Park, the site of President Trump’s planned National Garden of American Heroes.

Workers moving materials for Uzbek gazebos at West Potomac Park on Tuesday. President Trump’s expansive plans for the area also include reflecting pools, dining facilities and an amphitheater.

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Why China Thinks It Can Resist Trump’s Economic Threats on Iran

Par : David Pierson and Berry Wang

21 août 2026 à 09:44

Beijing can squeeze U.S. critical mineral supplies and has enough oil to withstand the loss of Iranian crude, Chinese analysts say.

Oil storage tanks and facilities in Shanghai in March. China has large stockpiles of oil that make it less vulnerable to energy supply disruptions.

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Giorgia Meloni Has a Lot to Say: The Takeaways

Par : Roger Cohen

21 août 2026 à 05:04

The Italian prime minister is leading what will soon be the longest-lasting government in the country’s postwar history. She shows herself by turns funny and fierce in a rare interview.

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Giorgia Meloni Cuts the Hard Right a Path to Power

Par : Roger Cohen

21 août 2026 à 05:01

In a rare interview, the onetime political outcast reflects on her route from “the uncomfortable side of history” to the threshold of leading Italy’s most durable postwar government.

Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of Italy at Palazzo Chigi in Rome last month.

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Nancy Kissinger, Wife of Former Secretary of State, Dies at 92

Par : Robert D. McFadden

20 août 2026 à 22:14

A foreign policy specialist, she was politically savvy and well versed in global issues, and traveled widely with her husband, Henry A. Kissinger, on his diplomatic missions.

Nancy Kissinger, then Nancy Maginnes, with her future husband, Henry A. Kissinger, in Jerusalem in 1970. She was a fierce defender of Mr. Kissinger, a polarizing figure with a hotly disputed reputation.

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Nancy Kissinger, Wife of Former Secretary of State, Dies at 92

Par : Robert D. McFadden

20 août 2026 à 22:14

A foreign policy specialist, she was politically savvy and well versed in global issues, and traveled widely with her husband, Henry A. Kissinger, on his diplomatic missions.

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Trump Officials Impose More Sanctions to Pressure Cuba

Par : Chris Cameron

20 août 2026 à 18:28

Human rights experts have said that the U.S. attempts to squeeze Cuba’s economy, including an oil blockade, have caused a severe humanitarian crisis.

Activity in Havana, once bustling, has dwindled as uncertainty grows about the city’s future. Cuba’s economy has suffered because of the U.S. blockade on oil shipments.

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Trump Officials Impose More Sanctions to Pressure Cuba

Par : Chris Cameron

20 août 2026 à 18:20

Human rights experts have said that the U.S. attempts to squeeze Cuba’s economy, including an oil blockade, have caused a severe humanitarian crisis.

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The Message Behind Trump’s Threats of ‘Economic Warfare’ Against Iran

Par : Anton Troianovski and Alan Rappeport

20 août 2026 à 22:58

President Trump’s threats of an “economic D-Day” carry a clear signal to Iran that he does not want to go back to war.

Among the challenges for President Trump is that he has repeatedly threatened Iran with destruction, only to pull back.

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Japan’s U.S. Ties Could Not Save a Top Judge From Trump’s I.C.C. Sanctions

Par : Javier C. Hernández and Kiuko Notoya

20 août 2026 à 17:22

Japan had tried to dissuade the U.S. from imposing sanctions on Tomoko Akane, president of the International Criminal Court, but the White House pressed ahead.

Tomoko Akane, president of the International Criminal Court, in The Hague in 2024.

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Darline Graham’s Debate Misstep Tests South Carolina’s Appetite for a Political Newcomer

Par : Emily Davies

20 août 2026 à 17:35

The South Carolina senator has argued that her lack of political experience is a strength as she runs to succeed her late brother, Lindsey Graham. But a debate misstep has rattled some of her supporters.

Senator Darline Graham is campaigning to hold on to the seat of her late brother, Lindsey Graham.

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Trump Boasts of Declassifying Secrets, but Withholds Key Election Files From Public

Par : Dustin Volz

20 août 2026 à 15:16

Even as the White House claims to be focused on transparency, it has ignored a congressional requirement to disclose a report on foreign meddling in the 2024 election.

A polling location in New York during the 2024 election.

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Trump Officials Move to Fund Gaza Peacekeepers Even as Peace Plan Falters

Par : Adam Sella

20 août 2026 à 14:24

The State Department informed Congress of its intent to fund the stabilization force on the same day the president’s Board of Peace announced a plan to disarm Hamas.

Palestinians inspecting the damage to a mosque after it was struck by Israeli airstrikes in July in Gaza City. Deadly clashes have continued on and off since an initial cease-fire was reached in October.

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First U.S. Deportees to Arrive in Liberia Amid Growing Backlash

Par : Emmanuel Akinwotu · Helene Cooper and Hamed Aleaziz

20 août 2026 à 16:52

The five men were part of the first group of deportees to be sent to the West African nation by the Trump administration. The Liberian government has not clarified their status.

Monrovia, the capital of Liberia. The U.S. deportation deal with Liberia is one of the largest so-called third-country deportation agreements struck by the Trump administration so far.

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State Dept. Declares U.S. Citizen in China Wrongfully Detained

Par : Karoun Demirjian

20 août 2026 à 10:59

U Min Zin, a scholar who studied Myanmar, is one of two U.S. citizens the department has designated as wrongfully detained in China.

The detained U.S. citizen U Min Zin disappeared in China’s Yunnan province after traveling there to attend an academic conference at the invitation of the Chinese government, according to the State Department.

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State Dept. Declares U.S. Citizen in China Wrongfully Detained

Par : Karoun Demirjian

20 août 2026 à 10:59

U Min Zin, a scholar who studied Myanmar, is one of two U.S. citizens the department has designated as wrongfully detained in China.

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As Iran and U.S. Settle Into an Uneasy Standoff, Who Will Blink First?

Par : Yeganeh Torbati

20 août 2026 à 13:14

For weeks, there has been no diplomatic progress, but also no full-scale fighting, as each side seems to believe it can hold out longer than the other.

A butcher in Tehran in July. The United States appears to be betting that putting Iran in a tighter economic stranglehold will succeed where military strikes have not.

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Trump vs. the International Criminal Court

Par : Katrin Bennhold

19 août 2026 à 16:50

The U.S. approach to the court has always been complicated. Now, it’s openly hostile.

The International Criminal Court in The Hague.

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North Korean Official Dismisses Reduced Drills Between US and South Korea

Par : Zane Irwin and Choe Sang-Hun

20 août 2026 à 06:20

Kim Yo-jong, a powerful adviser and sister of Kim Jong-un, also said she was “unaware” of any communication with Washington, contradicting President Trump’s claim her brother had responded to his outreach.

South Korean soldiers took part in a drill at a hotel in Seoul on Wednesday on the sidelines of a major joint military exercise with the United States named Ulchi Freedom Shield.

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Trump and Canada’s Carney Seem to Make Progress on a Tariff Deal, but Questions Linger

Par : Matina Stevis-Gridneff and Ana Swanson

19 août 2026 à 16:45

After a deadline extension, the latest U.S. tariff threats seemed headed toward resolution on Wednesday, but questions lingered about what Canada would give up, and what it would get in exchange.

Vehicles parked outside of a General Motors assembly plant on Wednesday in Oshawa, Ontario.

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Send Us Your Questions About the Iran War

Par : Katrin Bennhold

19 août 2026 à 10:47

Times reporters who cover the war, diplomacy, energy and the broader Middle East are joining our “Ask a Correspondent” feature as the conflict nears the six-month mark. Let us know what’s on your mind.

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Trump, With Limited Options in Iran, Tries Economic Pressure — Again

Par : Steven Erlanger

19 août 2026 à 08:37

Iran has survived decades of sanctions. Faced with more, it is likely to escalate rather than surrender, analysts said.

People walking on a sidewalk near the Tajrish Bazaar in Tehran last month.

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U.S. Cuts Back Military Drills With South Korea, as Trump Woos Kim Jong-un

Par : Eric Schmitt and Choe Sang-Hun

19 août 2026 à 03:15

President Trump had ordered the Defense Department to reduce joint exercises with the key U.S. ally, declaring the drills “hostile” toward North Korea.

U.S. Army Apache helicopters at Camp Humphreys in South Korea on Monday. An order by President Trump to reduce joint military exercises has heightened fears among Asian allies.

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Trump Pauses 50 Percent Tariffs on Canada and Claims Deal Is Near

Par : Ian Austen · Ana Swanson and Matina Stevis-Gridneff

19 août 2026 à 08:04

Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada was less definitive about what the intense talks produced, saying “important work” remained.

Trucks passing over the Peace Bridge between Canada and the United States on Tuesday.

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Threatening Friends and Courting Enemies in Trump’s ‘Upside-Down World’

Par : Peter Baker

18 août 2026 à 19:06

The president’s hostility to allies like Oman, Canada and South Korea, and his affection for adversaries like North Korea, may still shock some. But it comes as little surprise after a decade of upheaval.

President Trump’s attack-thy-friends, revere-thy-enemies approach has become the norm in U.S. foreign policy.

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Liberia Agrees to Take 1,200 Deportees From U.S.

Par : Madeleine Ngo and Alan Feuer

18 août 2026 à 17:54

The arrangement is one of the largest known deals that the Trump administration has struck to expel migrants who cannot be sent back to their home countries.

The first group of 20 deportees is expected to arrive in Liberia on Thursday, the country’s government said in a statement. It asserted that its agreement with the United States was “not a transaction with a quid pro quo.”

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Deadly Israeli Strike on Gaza Raises Doubts About Trump Peace Plan

Par : Ephrat Livni and Abu Bakr Bashir

18 août 2026 à 17:13

A day after President Trump’s envoy, Jared Kushner, visited Israel to advance a stalled plan for demilitarizing and rebuilding Gaza, the Israeli military said it targeted Hamas commanders.

Palestinians mourned loved ones at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on Tuesday after a cafe near the Gaza port was attacked.

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Carney and Trump Talk Again as Deadline Nears on New U.S. Tariffs

Par : Matina Stevis-Gridneff

18 août 2026 à 18:19

Canada is seeking a deal to dodge further economic pain at the hands of the Trump administration on midnight Tuesday. But at what cost?

The Gordie Howe International Bridge, connecting Windsor, Ontario, and Detroit, on the day after it opened last month. President Trump had threatened to block the bridge’s opening.

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Facing Quagmire in Iran, Trump Turns to a Familiar Face: North Korea’s Kim Jong-un

Par : David E. Sanger and Anton Troianovski

17 août 2026 à 19:25

Seven years ago, President Trump failed to disarm North Korea and walked away. Could the same thing happen with Iran?

President Trump with Kim Jong-un of North Korea at the Demilitarized Zone between North and South Korea in 2019.

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Trump Orders Pentagon to Curtail Military Exercises With Ally South Korea

Par : Helene Cooper

17 août 2026 à 02:16

In a social media post, the president scolded South Korea for not helping denuclearize Iran, and also praised North Korea and its leader.

In his post on Sunday, President Trump did not mention a rift in relations with North Korea in 2017, when Kim Jong Un called him a “mentally deranged dotard.”

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As Iran Truce Expires and Options Shrivel, Trump Lashes Out

Par : Luke Broadwater

17 août 2026 à 16:02

President Trump took aim at Oman, a U.S. ally that has been mediating the talks, as efforts to end a war he started have faltered.

President Trump has claimed that Iran wants to “make a deal, but they’re not going to make the kind of a deal that I feel is necessary.”

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Andy Burnham, UK Prime Minister, Exchanged Texts With Someone Posing as Trump’s Chief of Staff

Par : Michael D. Shear

17 août 2026 à 08:32

Prime Minister Andy Burnham messaged briefly with a person impersonating Susie Wiles, a British government official said.

Prime Minister Andy Burnham of Britain speaking in London this month. An official said Mr. Burnham had exchanged a few messages of no significance with an impersonator.

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Kushner Meets Netanyahu in Israel in Effort to Break Logjam Over Gaza

Par : David M. Halbfinger and Adam Rasgon

17 août 2026 à 17:23

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has refused to pull back the country’s military until Hamas fully disarms. But the Trump administration is under pressure to show progress.

Jared Kushner speaking about the Board of Peace, an organization backed by the Trump administration to end the war in Gaza, during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, in January.

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Trump’s Overture to North Korea Strains Alliance With the South

Par : Choe Sang-Hun

17 août 2026 à 06:57

President Trump wants to curtail military exercises with South Korea, saying they were hostile to North Korea. But under Mr. Kim, the North has become increasingly belligerent toward the South.

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