Within the White House, national security concerns appear to have largely evaporated. After the app briefly went dark in January, Trump has repeatedly extended the deadline for TikTok to be sold, allowing it to continue operating as usual despite being deemed a security risk.

U.S. President Donald Trump said he would meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping at a regional summit taking place at the end of October in South Korea and will visit China in the “early part of next

Sign up for Trump’s Return, a newsletter featuring coverage of the second Trump presidency. Most Republicans and many Trump-administration officials believe that the stakes of America’s competition with China are all but existential.

Pope Leo XIV, history's first American pontiff, has stated he is not a Donald Trump supporter and has no intention of getting involved in US politics.

China announced sanctions on six US companies on Thursday as frictions continue to escalate in the countries’ trade relations despite a highly anticipated meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping.