The Trump administration is cutting funding and targeting researchers such as climate scientists for political reasons. Columbia University recently agreed to change disciplinary policies and the political orientation of teaching in some departments after the government threatened to cut $400m in federal grants.

Donald Trump’s plan to set 25% tariffs on all cars imported to the United States sent Japanese and European automakers down again on Friday as

For many consumers, buying a new car is already a costly challenge. President Donald Trump has now made it even more financially difficult. Trump announced Wednesday that he wants to impose a 25 percent tariff on imported cars and parts on the theory that a trade war might boost manufacturing jobs in the United States in the long run.

The Kremlin has a deliberate strategy to test how far US President Donald Trump is willing to go in pressing Europe to ease sanctions, according to people familiar with the situation.

Ukraine’s European allies say now is not the time for lifting sanctions on Russia, in a clear message to the Trump administration as Moscow pushes Washington for concessions ahead of signing a US brokered deal on ending the fighting in the Black Sea.

European leaders reaffirmed their support for Ukraine on Thursday during a meeting in Paris, declaring that the economic sanctions imposed on Vladimir Putin’s Russia would remain in place. French President Emmanuel Macron,