Three years past retirement age, Imre still works every day. Soaring inflation in Hungary has made a pittance of his 120,000 forint-a-month ($370) pension.

But on April 12 the former bookseller will vote to reelect Viktor Orban anyway. He fears the opposition will send his son to the front in Ukraine.

“And because the Ukrainians hate ...Read more

U.S. officials have accepted Iran’s red line of continuing to enrich uranium, the semi-official Iranian Students’ News Agency quoted one of the country’s diplomats as saying.

The idea that Iran would completely stop nuclear enrichment was dismissed during the recent U.S. talks in Geneva, according to the diplomat, whom ISNA did not ...Read more

With the stroke of a pen, the Supreme Court wreaked havoc on President Donald Trump’s favorite method of wielding leverage over other countries.

The justices’ landmark ruling Friday striking down the administration’s global tariffs marks a significant blow to a president who relishes exerting unilateral power to achieve his goals — ...Read more

President Donald Trump said he will increase the global 10% tariff he announced one day earlier to 15%, stirring up more economic turbulence as he lashed out at the U.S. Supreme Court over its ruling that his preferred mechanism for applying tariffs was illegal.

“I, as President of the United States of America, will be, effective immediately,...Read more

President Donald Trump said he will increase the global 10% tariff he announced one day ago to 15% as he lashed out at the U.S. Supreme Court over its ruling that his mechanism for applying tariffs was illegal.

“I, as President of the United States of America, will be, effective immediately, raising the 10% Worldwide Tariff on Countries, many...Read more

President Donald Trump finally pushed the U.S. Supreme Court too far.

With its rejection Friday of Trump’s claim of unbridled power to impose and remove tariffs, the court reasserted itself as a constitutional guardrail and laid out fresh limits on presidential authority. The decision follows a year in which the conservative-dominated court ...Read more

How come high-ranking and important people elsewhere, such as Britain and Korea, can be held accountable for their actions, but not the highest-ranking and most important person in this country?

The man who was once called Prince Andrew has now been arrested in the U.K. in connection to his apparent sharing of privileged information with ...Read more

It’s one thing to embarrass yourself before a national audience, but when you embarrass the entire United States with your nonsensical responses to questions from members of Congress, it’s time for a major change.

That’s what U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi did when she recently testified before the House Judiciary Committee concerning ...Read more

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to strike down many of Donald Trump’s tariffs offers some relief to Mexico and Canada, but a much bigger set of risks still hangs over the trade relationship that joins the three countries.

The president said in the afternoon the U.S. would impose a 10% levy on foreign goods under a different law. It took ...Read more

Mexico's secretary of the economy, Marcelo Ebrard, urged "prudence" Friday in the aftermath of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling invalidating part of President Donald Trump's sweeping tariff regimen.

"We have to see where this is going," Ebrard told reporters. "We have to see what measures (Washington) is going to take to figure out how it is going...Read more

Detroit’s automakers learned Friday night that they had been spared from tariffs that President Donald Trump imposed after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down most of his global duties.

Trump on Friday night put in place a flat 10% levy on foreign goods that is to take effect on Tuesday. But in a fact sheet, the White House affirmed that ...Read more

Detroit’s automakers asked the White House to shield them from new tariffs that President Donald Trump vowed to impose after the Supreme Court struck down most of his global duties.

The American Automotive Policy Council, which represents General Motors Co., Ford Motor Co. and Jeep-maker Stellantis NV, sent a letter to Trump’s trade team ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The Supreme Court's decision Friday to strike down the majority of tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump could provide some relief to L.A.'s trade-reliant economy — but only if they are not reimposed again through other means.

The court's 6-3 ruling that Trump didn't have the authority to impose tariffs under the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s ruling against President Donald Trump’s worldwide tariffs threw a monkey wrench into budget projections that assumed a hefty spike in tariff revenue to help reduce federal deficits. But at least in the short term, a replacement tariff regime may keep that bucket from leaking too much.

The high court on ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court invalidated much of the Trump administration’s worldwide tariff regime in a ruling released Friday, dealing a major setback to one of President Donald Trump’s signature domestic and foreign policy efforts.

The 6-3 ruling found that Trump overstepped the emergency authority Congress gave to presidents in the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Friday lashed out at Supreme Court justices who struck down a key part of his tariffs agenda, calling them “fools” who made a “terrible, defective decision” that he plans to circumvent by imposing new levies in a different way.

In a defiant appearance at the White House, Trump told reporters ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Friday criticized the Supreme Court for casting aside many of his global tariffs, easily the biggest setback of his second term — but he vowed to impose new import fees and accused the six justices who ruled against him of being corrupted by foreign entities.

“We’re going forward,” a defiant ...Read more

President Donald Trump said he is considering limited military strikes to pressure Iran into signing a new nuclear deal, but bombing the country may have the opposite effect, risking a new destabilizing conflict in the Middle East.

The Pentagon has orchestrated a massive deployment to the region that includes two aircraft carriers, fighter jets...Read more

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s global tariffs, which have caused mass disruption for Minnesota businesses, farmers and consumers.

The state’s top Democrats were quick to praise the 6-3 ruling, written by Chief Justice John Roberts, who reprimanded the president for overstepping his executive power...Read more