A 90‑day US‑China trade truce is set to expire as Beijing urges 'positive' outcomes and President Trump has not confirmed an extension. Failure risks steep retaliatory tariffs; Nvidia and AMD agreed to pay 15% of China chip revenues for export licences.
President Trump announced federal control of Washington, D.C. policing and deployment of National Guard troops—vowing to "liberate" the capital to tackle crime and homelessness, despite data showing violent crime has fallen; he may deploy up to ~1,000 troops.
President Trump demanded homeless people in Washington DC 'move out, IMMEDIATELY' and announced a White House news conference to unveil plans on homelessness and crime; DC officials warned the move could involve the National Guard and raised civil-rights concerns.
U.S.-China tariff truce set to expire Tuesday with no announced extension; negotiators await President Trump's decision amid renewed disputes over tariffs, semiconductor export controls and rare-earths — risking renewed trade tensions.
Nvidia will pay 15% of H20 chip sales in China and AMD 15% of MI308 revenues to the US government to secure export licences, after Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang met President Trump — a deal to resume restricted chip sales amid easing US‑China trade tensions.
Four Al Jazeera journalists were killed near Gaza's Al‑Shifa hospital in an Israeli strike; the IDF said one was a 'terrorist'. Their deaths fuel international outcry as PM Netanyahu outlines plans for further military escalation and disputed humanitarian claims.
Gov. Greg Abbott says he'll call repeated 30‑day special sessions after 50+ Democrats fled Texas to deny a quorum, as Republicans push Trump-backed maps to flip five U.S. House seats; legal and political battle could "literally last years."
Generative AI is set to transform commerce and security: in-chat checkouts (Perplexity/PayPal; possible ChatGPT-Shopify integration) could shift payments, while firms deploy agentic AI to detect and respond to AI-powered cyberthreats, reshaping retail and enterprise defense.
At 200 days in, critics warn President Trump’s sweeping ‘one big’ tax-and-spend bill — with Medicaid cuts, expanded immigration enforcement and ICE funding — plus pardons, firings and other executive moves point to a deepening shift toward authoritarian power, say analysts.
Ahead of Trump’s Alaska meeting with Putin, European allies say any Russia-Ukraine peace talks must include Kyiv and oppose territorial ‘swaps’; White House has floated trilateral talks amid fears this could legitimize Russian gains and heighten nuclear risks.