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• China’s Supply of Minerals for iPhones and Missiles Could Be a Risky Trade Weapon More migrant children at the border. The Trump administration has warned Congress that the flow of unaccompanied migrant children at the southern border has increased and may require an additional $1.4 billion to provide housing and care. The Pentagon said […]

Want climate news in your inbox? Sign up here for Climate Fwd:, our email newsletter. ROVANIEMI, Finland — The Arctic is thawing, and China is seizing the chance to expand its influence in the north. For China, the retreating ice potentially offers two big prizes: new sources of energy and a faster shipping route across

Mr. Nixon and Mr. Clinton both started out with far more popular support than Mr. Trump has ever had. At his peak during Watergate, Mr. Nixon had an approval rating of 67 percent in Gallup polling before tumbling to 24 percent before he resigned. Mr. Clinton’s approval was around 66 percent through much of fall

Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II, the immigration hard-liner who was expected to be President Trump’s pick to coordinate immigration policy, will instead be chosen to take over for the embattled official who has overseen the legal immigration system, according to two people briefed on the situation. The official, L. Francis Cissna, whose role as the head

Manipulated videos of Speaker Nancy Pelosi that made it seem as if she were stumbling over and slurring her words continued to spread across social media on Friday, fueled by President Trump’s feud with the Democratic leader. One of the videos, which showed Ms. Pelosi speaking at a conference this week, appeared to be slowed

WASHINGTON — President Trump said on Friday that he would deploy about 1,500 additional American troops to the Middle East, “a relatively small number” to provide protection for American service members already there. “We want to have protection,” Mr. Trump said to reporters as he left the White House to travel to Japan for a

Ken Clarke has stood for the Conservative leadership three times before but has ruled himself out of the next contest. The former chancellor told Politics Live presenter Jo Coburn: “I don’t think the situation is tempting and there has to be at least one Conservative MP who does not run…It’s not going to be me.”

RAYMOND, N.H. — For years, climate change was an issue of passionate concern to a few voters, but never enough to ripple presidential politics. The Hillary Clinton-Donald Trump debates in 2016 notoriously did not include any questions from moderators about global warming. But after an alarming onslaught of floods, wildfires and catastrophic weather, dire scientific

Good Friday morning. Here are some of the stories making news in Washington and politics today. _____________________ • The United States, China and global markets are digging in for a prolonged trade war. The Trump administration unveiled on Thursday a $16 billion bailout for farmers hurt by retaliatory tariffs. More companies are saying they are

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration said Thursday that it planned to penalize countries that undervalue their currencies, the latest effort to prevent foreign competitors from trying to undercut American producers and import cheap goods into the United States. Under a rule change proposed by the Commerce Department on Thursday, the United States would expand its