Opinion | China Will Be Thrilled if Trump Kills America’s Green Economy
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Opinion | China Will Be Thrilled if Trump Kills America’s Green Economy

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines In its heyday in the mid-20th century, the steel mill in Weirton, W.Va., employed 13,000 people and offered workers a relatively stable blue-collar life. In 2003, Weirton Steel filed for bankruptcy. Shops downtown boarded up their windows, and young people moved away from…

2 Americans Held in Afghanistan Are Freed in Prisoner Swap
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2 Americans Held in Afghanistan Are Freed in Prisoner Swap

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines In one of its final acts, the Biden administration secured the release of two Americans held in Afghanistan in a prisoner swap for a Taliban member imprisoned in the United States on narcotics charges. The Taliban government freed Ryan Corbett and William Wallace…

In Dueling Pardons, an Intensified Fight Over the Meaning of Jan. 6
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In Dueling Pardons, an Intensified Fight Over the Meaning of Jan. 6

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The dueling pardons issued Monday by the outgoing and incoming presidents were the latest and perhaps clearest reminders of how Donald J. Trump’s efforts to rewrite the history of the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol have gradually worn down the consensus…

Biden Pardons 5 Members of His Family in Final Minutes in Office
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Biden Pardons 5 Members of His Family in Final Minutes in Office

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Biden pardoned five members of his family in his last minutes in office, saying in a statement that he did so not because they did anything wrong but because he feared political attacks from incoming President Donald J. Trump. “My family has…

Biden in Final Hours Pardons Cheney, Fauci and Milley to Thwart Reprisals
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Biden in Final Hours Pardons Cheney, Fauci and Milley to Thwart Reprisals

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Biden moved just hours before leaving office on Monday to guard some of President-elect Donald J. Trump’s most high-profile adversaries against a promised campaign of “retribution” by issuing pre-emptive pardons to head off politically driven prosecutions. Among those receiving the pardons were…

Trump Vowed to End the Ukraine War Before Taking Office. The War Rages On.
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Trump Vowed to End the Ukraine War Before Taking Office. The War Rages On.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines After they win elections and move into the White House, plenty of presidents at some point eventually break a campaign promise. Donald J. Trump will not even wait that long. He will break an important campaign promise the moment he takes the oath…

Trump Returns to White House With More Deferential Allies and Foes
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Trump Returns to White House With More Deferential Allies and Foes

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines More than 30 miles of anti-scale fencing are being erected all over the nation’s capital. Concrete barriers are being placed at key junctures. Certain roads have already been closed to traffic. Surveillance drones will flood the skies. But if Washington looks like a…

Biden Made a Global Push to Constrain China. What Will Trump Do?
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Biden Made a Global Push to Constrain China. What Will Trump Do?

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Biden and his aides came into office with deep experience in trans-Atlantic affairs. But over four years, they focused too on the Pacific, where China strains to be the dominant player. Their main effort: building up alliances to counter China. President-elect Donald…

Jake Sullivan, White House National Security Adviser, Reflects on China Policy
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Jake Sullivan, White House National Security Adviser, Reflects on China Policy

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines “That to me, I think, has a practical answer, which is government-to-government agreements that emplace effective security safeguards and transparency around the hardware, the model weights and the know-how, and that’s what we have worked through in our M.O.U. [memorandum of understanding] with…