Sean Higgins

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United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer testifies before the Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 18, 2019, during a hearing hearing on 'The President's 2019 Trade Policy Agenda and the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement'.

Lighthizer aims for trade deal with Japan in a few months

Sean Higgins · June 18, 2019 8:47 pm

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau waves to a crowd.

Trudeau to prod Democrats on USMCA

Sean Higgins · June 17, 2019 9:37 pm

A motif, believed by Hindus to keep evil spirit away, hangs behind as an Indian fruit seller yawns while waiting for buyers at a wholesale market in Bangalore, India, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018.

India slaps tariffs on US fruits and nuts

Sean Higgins · June 17, 2019 8:56 pm

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks to the media at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 2, 2019.

Chamber optimistic that Democrats want USMCA passed

Sean Higgins · June 17, 2019 8:21 pm

Clothes-makers open China tariff hearings with warnings of ‘devastating’ consequences

Sean Higgins · June 17, 2019 4:33 pm

President Donald Trump waves as he departs after speaking in the Rose Garden of the White House, Friday, June 14, 2019, in Washington.

Trump campaign to fire pollsters after unflattering leaks

Sean Higgins · June 16, 2019 10:27 pm

People walk in front of closed stores during a blackout, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, June 16, 2019. Argentina and Uruguay were working frantically to return power on Sunday, after a massive power failure left large swaths of the South American countries in the dark.

Power grid collapse leaves millions of South Americans in the dark

Sean Higgins · June 16, 2019 8:28 pm

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, his wife Sara , United States Ambassador to Israel David Friedman, left, his wife Tammy pose during the inauguration of a new settlement named after President Donald Trump in the Golan Heights, Sunday, June 16, 2019.

‘Trump Heights’: New Israeli settlement unveiled by Netanyahu

Sean Higgins · June 16, 2019 8:00 pm

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani watches during the seventh-inning stretch of a baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox, Friday, May 31, 2019, in New York.

Giuliani claims media ‘covered up’ Chinese deal by Biden’s son

Sean Higgins · June 16, 2019 7:10 pm

Tens of thousands of protesters march through the streets as they continue to protest an extradition bill, Sunday, June 16, 2019, in Hong Kong. Hong Kong residents were gathering Sunday for another massive protest over an unpopular extradition bill that has highlighted the territory's apprehension about relations with mainland China, a week after the crisis brought as many as 1 million into the streets.

Hong Kong protesters claim turnout of 2 million

Sean Higgins · June 16, 2019 5:59 pm

A visibly irritated Mike Pompeo calls Chris Wallace’s question ‘ridiculous’

Sean Higgins · June 16, 2019 5:03 pm

Democratic presidential candidate Mayor Pete Buttigieg speaks at a grassroots event on Friday, June 14, 2019, in Alexandria, Va.

Buttigieg has ‘every confidence’ he can win religious African Americans

Sean Higgins · June 16, 2019 4:37 pm