Tag: China

A North Korean man carries his country's national flag after celebrations of the "Day of the Shining Star" or birthday anniversary of late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2016, in Pyongyang, North Korea. The celebrations of Kim's birthday anniversary, a revered national holiday, came as South Koreaâs president warned that North Korea faces collapse if it doesnât abandon its nuclear weapons program, amid an international outcry over Pyongyangâs January nuclear test and the Feb. 7 rocket launch.

US diplomat headed to Moscow for North Korea meeting

Joel Gehrke · October 15, 2018 7:52 pm

The Philippine Marines band cast shadows as they welcome the USS Blue Ridge to start its goodwill visit Sunday Feb.13, 2011 at Manila's South Harbor in Manila, Philippines. The flagship of the U.S. Navy's Seventh Fleet is on a routine four-day port call and will conduct various civic-military activities in the country.

Beltway Confidential

Trump should open up military ports to US energy exporters

Tom Rogan · October 15, 2018 7:32 pm

Dan Hannan: US, Britain must arm for virtual wars if they want to preserve the world for freedom

Dan Hannan · October 15, 2018 4:00 am

President Donald Trump, on board Air Force One speaks to members of the traveling press corps, as he watches a live television broadcast of the Senate confirmation vote of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018. Trump was traveling from Washington enroute to Topeka, Kan., for a campaign rally.

Beltway Confidential

Just how much do Trump’s tariffs cost? In August 2018, $1.4 billion

Erin Dunne · October 12, 2018 10:38 pm

The U.S. is home to the Permian Basin, the world's most productive oil field.

Energy and Environment

‘Expensive energy is back,’ international experts warn

Josh Siegel · October 12, 2018 1:56 pm

Wayne Freeman votes in the primary election at the Green Valley Presbyterian Church in Henderson, Nev., Tuesday, June 12, 2018. Officials reported âisolatedâ primary voting glitches Tuesday involving the state's new touch-screen voting machines in Nevadaâs two most populous areas, Las Vegas and Reno, and blamed a technical problem for delaying the count of ballots in one rural northern county.

National Security

Top US election official expects the ‘most secure election’ in recent history

Anna Giaritelli · October 12, 2018 2:53 am

President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018, to Marine One for the short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Md., en route to speak at a rally, in Erie, Pa.

EXCLUSIVE: Trump says China will make a deal

Salena Zito, Sean Higgins · October 11, 2018 7:06 pm

A Chinese honor guard raises the national flag of China at dawn on Tiananmen Square in Beijing.

Beltway Confidential

Don’t bet on the newly captured Chinese spy spending long in US prison

Tom Rogan · October 11, 2018 7:02 pm

White House National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow speaks with reporters outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Friday, Oct. 5, 2018.

Larry Kudlow: Trump may meet with China’s Xi Jinping next month amid trade standoff

Sean Higgins · October 11, 2018 2:44 pm

U.S. Attorney Benjamin C. Glassman speaks during a news conference. The Justice Department says a Chinese intelligence operative has been charged with stealing trade secrets from multiple U.S. aviation and aerospace companies.

Chinese spy lured to Belgium by FBI, extradited to US to face trial

Kelly Cohen · October 10, 2018 8:50 pm

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Rubio: Xi Jinping harassing Chinese Americans in the United States

Joel Gehrke · October 10, 2018 5:15 pm

President Trump pauses during his meeting with members of his Cabinet in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington.

China: Trump’s tariffs will lead to ‘world recession’

Sean Higgins · October 10, 2018 4:22 pm