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Facebook Tweet Email Link Nearly seven months into his second term, President Donald Trump is riding high on far-reaching policy wins and unchallenged personal power plays, barging into every corner of American life to impose his will and worldview. But his presidency may be about to enter a new phase, as the policy and political consequences of his relentless pace begin to unfold and the lives of Americans and millions overseas feel the impact of his relentless ambition. He’s done everything, quickly, and all at once. He’s obsessed with slaying his biggest dragons — like global free trade — and…

Facebook Tweet Email Link Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Monday that his country will recognize a Palestinian state in September, joining a growing list of Western allies as international condemnation and anger builds over Israel’s actions in Gaza. A formal recognition will be made at the United Nations General Assembly next month, where “Australia will recognize the right of the Palestinian people to a state of their own predicated on the commitments Australia has received from the Palestinian Authority,” Albanese said at a press conference. On Monday, New Zealand’s Foreign Minister Winston Peters said his country was also considering…

Facebook Tweet Email Link President Donald Trump is expected to ramp up efforts to curb crime in the nation’s capital on Monday as he threatens a federal takeover of Washington, DC, all while city officials largely remain deferential to him. The event comes after Trump launched a surge of federal law enforcement in DC over the weekend that up to 450 officers were expected participate in, according to a White House official. Plans called for as many as 130 FBI agents to patrol with DC police as part of the increased federal presence, according to a one person familiar with…

An Israeli strike in Gaza City late Sunday night killed seven people including at least four journalists from the news network Al Jazeera. The Israeli military said it targeted and killed Al Jazeera correspondent Anas Al-Sharif – a prominent journalist who has extensively covered the war from inside Gaza – after accusing him of leading a Hamas cell, an allegation Al-Sharif had previously denied. Mohammed Qreiqeh, another Al Jazeera journalist in Gaza, and photojournalists Ibrahim Al Thaher and Mohamed Nofal were also killed in the strike, the network said. “The order to kill Anas Al-Sharif, one of Gaza’s bravest journalists,…

Facebook Tweet Email Link Lawyers for President Donald Trump and California Gov. Gavin Newsom are set to face off Monday to determine whether the president violated a 147-year-old law when he deployed the National Guard to quell protests over immigration raids in Los Angeles – against the wishes of the Democratic governor. In June, as hundreds of people gathered in Los Angeles to protest a string of immigration raids that targeted workplaces and left dozens of people detained or deported, the president federalized and deployed 4,000 National Guard members over the objection of Newsom and local officials, who said the…

Facebook Tweet Email Link Hong Kong  —  Nvidia and AMD have agreed to pay the US government 15% of their revenues from semiconductor sales to China in exchange for export licenses, the Financial Times reported Sunday. The unprecedented quid pro quo arrangement is part of a deal with the Trump administration to obtain export licenses to sell Nvidia’s H20 chips and AMD’s MI308 chips in China, the FT reported, citing people familiar with the situation, including a US official. The New York Times and Reuters also later reported the 15% commission deal, citing sources. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang met with…

Facebook Tweet Email Link American officials are rushing to finalize details ahead of Friday’s summit between Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in Alaska, with both logistical and geopolitical issues still unsettled four days ahead of the momentous sit-down. As of Monday, no venue for the summit had been announced. Administration officials were still making their way to Alaska — selected for its centrality to Washington and Moscow — to scope out where, exactly, the US and Russian presidents would meet. Officials were also working to clarify the contours of the two men’s expected discussion, which Trump hopes can yield…

Facebook Tweet Email Link Australia last week announced a $6.5 billion deal to buy advanced warships from Japan, a move that can go a long way to making Canberra a Pacific maritime power and Tokyo a major weapons exporter, analysts say. The Australian Defense Ministry said it will buy 11 of Japan’s Mogami-class frigates, stealthy, state-of-the-art surface combatants that analysts say are equal to – or in some repects better than – anything China or even the United States is putting in the water. Announcing the deal with its fellow member of the the US-led Quad defense group, Australia’s Minister…

Facebook Tweet Email Link That cup of joe that jolts you awake in the morning is pretty safe when it comes to contaminants and toxins, a new investigation has found. Well … almost. “While some contaminants were present, most were found at minimal levels and well below the European Union’s safety limits per 6-ounce serving. This means coffee is generally safe,” said Molly Hamilton, executive director of the nonprofit Clean Label Project, which conducted the investigation into caffeinated coffees. That’s great news because coffee has a stellar résumé: Studies have found drinking about 3 cups of black coffee a day…

Facebook Tweet Email Link Four reactors at France’s Gravelines nuclear power plant were shut down late Sunday due to a swarm of jellyfish in the cooling systems, operator EDF said on Monday, likely due to rising water temperatures because of global warming. The plant in northern France is one of the largest in the country and cooled from a canal connected to the North Sea. Its six units produce 900 megawatts of power each, or 5.4 gigawatts in total. The entire plant has now temporarily halted production as the other two units are offline for planned maintenance, EDF data showed.…