Trump lifts Scottish whisky tariff, credits King Charles visit for the deal
President Trump announced Thursday that he will remove a 10 percent tariff on Scottish whisky, framing the move as a direct result of King Charles III and Queen Camilla's White House visit this week. The decision ends a levy that had been in place since April 2025, one that the Scottish Whisky Association said drove […]
Mamdani's handpicked candidate loses Manhattan Council race in rebuke to City Hall
Lindsey Boylan, the candidate backed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani in a closely watched Manhattan City Council race, conceded late Tuesday night after trailing community activist Carl Wilson by a commanding 17-point margin in preliminary results. The outcome marks a sharp setback for a mayor whose political capital has been tested repeatedly since […]
Trump says U.S. forces seized Chinese ship carrying 'gift' to Iran as Beijing meeting looms
President Donald Trump disclosed Tuesday morning that American forces intercepted a vessel carrying what he called "a gift from China" bound for Iran, escalating tensions with Beijing just weeks before a planned summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping. The revelation, made during a CNBC interview, injected a sharp new confrontation into the already fraught U.S.-China […]