Articles tagged with "politics"

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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during a press briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on September 9, 2025. (File photo: AFP)

Trump's spokesperson Karoline Leavitt to step down

Her departure comes as Trump faces steadily sinking poll numbers and the Republican Party risks defeat in the November midterm congressional elections.

US President Donald Trump addresses the nation from the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC on July 16, 2026. (Photo: AFP)

US ends its state of emergency over Hong Kong security threat

But it remains unclear whether Washington would restore preferential trade treatment for the financial hub -- a move that had accompanied the July 2020 emergency declaration.

July 18, 2026

Flags of the United States and China are displayed. (File photo: Missouri State University)

China sanctions 10 US firms over Pentagon blacklist

New export controls come "in response to the US government's egregious act of adding to its so-called 'Chinese military enterprise list'", the commerce ministry said in a statement, adding the move was also to "safeguard national security".

June 22, 2026