September 2025

WASHINGTON —  U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced Friday (September 19) that Taiwan has pledged to purchase $10 billion in U.S. agricultural products, including soybeans, corn, wheat, and beef, over the next four years. This is part of Taiwan’s efforts to persuade the United States to reduce tariffs on its products. Rollins tweeted on social…

Washington, D.C. – Former U.S. President Donald Trump says he will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping next month in South Korea, following a call where Xi signaled approval for a long-discussed deal allowing TikTok to keep operating in the United States. Trump called the phone conversation “productive” in a post on Truth Social, saying he…

Republican Rep. John Moolenaar, chairman of the House Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, wrote to President Donald Trump on Thursday (September 18), urging him to coordinate with allies to use the aviation sector as leverage to counter Beijing’s restrictions on rare earth exports. In his letter,…

WASHINGTON —  “A group of Chinese nationals with ties to foreign criminal organizations crossed the southern border and infiltrated rural Oklahoma. They were joined by workers lured by false promises of good jobs in the United States. Upon arrival in Oklahoma, the Chinese nationals made the local residents an offer they couldn’t refuse: they promised…

Amid growing condemnation of political violence in the United States, President Donald Trump said he plans to designate Antifa, a group of far-left militants, as a “major terrorist organization.” Trump made the announcement on his social media platform Truth Social on Wednesday (September 17) during his state visit to the UK. “I am pleased to…

President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are scheduled to speak by phone on Friday (September 19), with TikTok, trade, and other key geopolitical issues taking center stage. Speaking at a joint press conference with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in the UK on Thursday (September 18), Trump said: “We will speak with President…

President Donald Trump’s administration said the United States and China have reached a framework agreement to transfer ownership of TikTok from its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, to a U.S.-based controlling shareholder. The deal is expected to be finalized during a phone call between Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday (September 19). “We’ve reached…

As U.S. President Donald Trump concluded his second state visit to the UK, he and Prime Minister Keir Starmer signed a new technology partnership agreement between the two countries. The two leaders met on Thursday (September 18) at Starmer’s country residence in Chequers. Trump told reporters as the two leaders signed the agreement that it…