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U.S. and South Korea to Revise Trade Pact with Currency Side Deal

March 28, 2018 Focus Washington

The United States and South Korea have reached agreement on a revised trade pact that includes a side deal aimed at deterring competitive currency devaluation by Seoul and provides relief from U.S. tariffs on steel, senior Trump administration officials […]

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to Testify before Congress about Cambridge Analytica

March 28, 2018 Focus Washington

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will testify before Congress for the first time in response to growing pressure from the public and lawmakers, USA Today reports. Facebook has not yet decided which congressional committees Zuckerberg will […]

Security Row Erupts Over Pakistan Prime Minister’s U.S. Trip

March 28, 2018 Focus Washington

Pakistani media has reacted angrily to reports that Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi underwent routine security checks at New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport despite his status as a high-level diplomat, the Times of India […]

Trump Urges Pressure Against North Korea After Kim’s China Trip

March 28, 2018 Focus Washington

U.S. President Donald Trump called for continued pressure against Kim Jong Un, after China said the North Korean leader expressed an openness to disarmament talks during a surprise visit to Beijing, Bloomberg informed. Trump struck an […]

Commerce Secretary Ross Says Market is Realizing Tariffs are Bargaining Chips for Better Trade Deals

March 27, 2018 Focus Washington

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said the trade agreement with South Korea would never have happened without U.S. tariffs and that portends well for potential agreements with other countries, CNBC informed. He said the Trump administration is also making progress […]

Trump Privately Proposed Military Funding for His Border Wall, Report Says

March 27, 2018 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump has privately said his proposed wall on the U.S.-Mexico border should be funded through the United States military, CNBC informed Tuesday. The President made the suggestion to “several advisors” and House Speaker Paul Ryan last week, the newspaper […]

Manafort Asks Virginia Judge to Dismiss Tax, Bank Fraud Case

March 27, 2018 Focus Washington

Former Trump campaign Chairman Paul Manafort urged a federal judge in Virginia to dismiss tax and bank fraud charges against him, renewing arguments that Special Counsel Robert Mueller went too far by investigating crimes beyond Russian meddling […]

Defense Secretary Mattis Says He Has No Reservations about Bolton

March 27, 2018 Focus Washington

U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Tuesday he had no reservations or concerns about President Donald Trump’s incoming national security adviser John Bolton, a hawk who has advocated using military force against North Korea and Iran, CNBC […]

California Attorney General Suing Trump over Census Citizen Question

March 27, 2018 Focus Washington

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra said he plans to fight the Trump administration in court on its decision to include a question on citizenship in the 2020 census, according to Newsweek. The question, which would ask residents in […]

‘Magnitsky Act’ to Be Imposed on Russian Nationals

March 27, 2018 Focus Washington

This week, Financier Bill Browder, who wrote the bestselling book Red Notice about his experiences with the Russian authorities, called on Jersey to introduce an act similar to the U.S. ‘Magnitsky Act’ and impose asset […]

U.S. Consulate Closure Creates Uncertainty for Russian Immigrants

March 27, 2018 Focus Washington

The Trump administration’s decision to close the Russian consulate in Seattle will cause a lot of frustration and uncertainty for thousands of Russian immigrants in the United States, The Seattle Times reports. Even before the news […]

Former South Korea Ambassador Advises Trump to Postpone Meeting with Kim Jong-un

March 27, 2018 Focus Washington

A former U.S. ambassador to South Korea said that President Donald Trump should delay his upcoming “risky” meeting with North Korea’s Kim Jong-un scheduled for May. Alexander Vershbow, who served as U.S. ambassador to South […]

Russia, China Edge U.S. in Hypersonic Missiles

March 27, 2018 Focus Washington

Russia and China are outpacing the United States in the development of super-fast missile technology, Pentagon officials and key lawmakers are warning, The Hill reports. Russia says it successfully tested a so-called hypersonic missile this […]

Toughening of U.S. Stance Towards Russia Took Months to Shape

March 27, 2018 Focus Washington

America’s most sweeping expulsion of Russian diplomats since the Cold War may have seemed like a dramatic escalation in Washington’s response to Moscow, but the groundwork for a more confrontational U.S. posture had been taking […]

Republican Senators Urge Trump to Sell Taiwan F-35 Fighter-Jet

March 26, 2018 Focus Washington

As tensions rise between Taiwan and China, two senior U.S. Republican senators requested from President Donald Trump’s administration on Monday to approve a sale of Lockheed Martin Corp. F-35 fighter jets, saying it is necessary […]

Poll Shows Trump’s Approval Rating Highest in Past Eleven Months

March 26, 2018 Focus Washington

A new CNN poll shows that President Donald Trump’s approval rating has risen to its highest level since the 100-day mark of his presidency, despite the low approval ratings he continues to receive for handling […]

Trump Administration Faces Blizzard of Ethics Complaints by Watchdog

March 26, 2018 Focus Washington

Thirty ethics complaints against the Trump administration have been filed with several federal agencies by a prominent government watchdog, Public Citizen, alleging that employees are working in violation of President Donald Trump’s executive order intended […]

Trump Administration Orders 60 Russian Officers Out of U.S. over UK Poisoning Incident

March 26, 2018 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump on Monday ordered the expulsion of 60 Russians from the United States and the closure of the Russian consulate in Seattle, senior U.S. administration officials told reporters, speaking on condition of anonymity, […]

USA TODAY: Bipartisan Push for Obamacare Fix Unravels in Senate Over Abortion, Charges of Politicking

March 26, 2018 Focus Washington

No one thought it would be easy to get Democrats and Republicans on board with a plan to stabilize the nation’s volatile health insurance markets, but no one thought those efforts would collapse quite this […]

Democrat Lawmaker Criticizes Hillary Clinton Over Trump Comments

March 26, 2018 Focus Washington

A Democrat lawmaker slammed Hillary Clinton over recent comments made by the former presidential candidate criticizing Donald Trump voters, Newsweek informed. According to Senator Claire McCaskill of Missouri, Clinton needs to “show respect to every […]

Polls: Americans Less Likely to Trust Facebook than Rivals on Personal Data

March 26, 2018 Focus Washington

Opinion polls published on Sunday in the United States and Germany cast doubt over the level of trust people have in Facebook over privacy, as the company ran advertisements in British and U.S. newspapers apologizing […]

U.S. is Said to Have Sent China a To-do List to Solve Trade Frictions

March 26, 2018 Focus Washington

The U.S. administration last week sent a letter to Chinese economic overseer Liu He seeking a tariff cut on U.S. autos to help cut China’s trade surplus with the United States, the Wall Street Journal said, citing unnamed sources, CNBC informed. In […]

Trump Says He is Very Happy With His Legal Team

March 26, 2018 Focus Washington

U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday morning dismissed the reports that he was turned down from most of the top legal minds because they don’t want to go down with the ship regarding Mueller’s probe. […]

Trump’s Concerns about China Are ‘Legitimate,’ Says Former Obama Trade Official

March 26, 2018 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump’s White House has “legitimate” concerns underlying its controversial actions against China and the World Trade Organization, according to a former trade official, CNBC reported. In fact, Beijing’s economic policies are undeniably a problem, according to Michael Froman, who […]

U.S. Airstrike Kills Two Terrorists in Libya

March 24, 2018 Focus Washington

On Saturday two terrorists have been eliminated in an air strike conducted by the U.S. Military in the region of southwestern Libya as part of the efforts to deny militants a safe haven in the […]

China Warns U.S. it Will Defend Own Trade Interests

March 24, 2018 Focus Washington

The United States has flouted trade rules with an inquiry into intellectual property and China will defend its interests, Vice Premier Liu told U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin in a telephone call on Saturday, CNBC reported. The […]

Russia Turns U.S. Sanctions to Its Favor

March 24, 2018 Focus Washington

U.S. sanctions against Russia haven’t had the desired effect of forcing Russian airlines to use fewer Western-made aircraft, The Jamestown Foundations reports. Instead, the sanctions lead Russian aircraft manufacturers to turn to domestic resources, owned […]

Trump Administration Hits Iranian Hackers with Sanctions and Indictments

March 24, 2018 Focus Washington

The Washington Post writes that on Friday the Trump administration announced sanctions and criminal indictments against an Iranian hacker network it said was involved in “one of the largest state-sponsored hacking campaigns” ever prosecuted by […]

Trump’s Tariffs on Imported Metals Face Harsh Criticism

March 24, 2018 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump’s steel and aluminum tariffs met a barrage of criticism at a World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting on Friday, as the European Union, Japan, Australia, and others joined a debate started by China and […]

Elon Musk Joins Facebook’s Boycott

March 23, 2018 Focus Washington

Billionaire and innovator Elon Musk on Friday wrote on Twitter that he is going to delete the Facebook page of his company SpaceX as result of the controversy surrounding Facebook on how it handles user […]

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