Japan will procure 70% of June crude from outside the Middle East, the prime minister said, on the same day OECD chief Mathias Cormann criticised her zero-rate food tax plan.
Air Force One touched down at Beijing Capital International Airport on Wednesday evening, with Vice President Han Zheng leading an unusually senior welcome party as the Iran war and Taiwan crowd the agenda.
Former Jones Day partner and FDA food deputy Kyle Diamantas takes over after Marty Makary's Tuesday resignation, with HHS searching for a permanent chief.
Malaysian financier Low Taek Jho recently filed a pardon request with the White House that would remove US criminal charges tied to the multibillion-dollar 1MDB scandal.
Cultural Landscape Foundation filed Monday to block a no-bid renovation contract that has ballooned from a $2m estimate to $13.1m, with work due to finish by 22 May.
A Harvard analysis published this week says the administration's effort to undo a Biden-era rule on the carcinogenic gas would set a precedent limiting future EPA action on hazardous air pollutants.
Nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office report Tuesday estimates the missile defence system at $1.2 trillion over 20 years and warns it could still be overwhelmed.
Five Republicans joined Democrats to block a redrawn congressional map Tuesday, while Missouri's top court upheld a Trump-backed map that could yield Republicans an extra House seat.
Marty Makary departed the FDA on Tuesday after a 13-month tenure marked by White House friction; food official Kyle Diamantas takes over as acting commissioner.
2nd Circuit on Tuesday agreed to stay the $83.3m defamation award against Trump while he seeks Supreme Court review, requiring a $7.4m interest bond.
First US presidential visit to China in nearly a decade arrives with the tariff pause holding since October and the Iran war in its third month.
Move closes out Lake's controversial stewardship of US Agency for Global Media after a court ruled her original appointment unlawful.
President calls the month-long truce 'unbelievably weak' and dismisses Iran's 14-point proposal as a 'piece of garbage'.
Cole Tomas Allen, 31, faces federal gun charges and attempted assassination of the president; defense seeks recusal of US Attorney Pirro and AG Blanche.
House lawmakers impeached Vice President Sara Duterte on Monday in a second attempt that now heads to the Senate, where the trial's composition will decide whether she can run for president.
Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra walked out of prison Monday well ahead of his original sentence end, met by supporters and a political class unable to write him out of the next cycle.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will face six opposition leaders in a May 20 debate, meet US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in Tokyo, and close out a Golden Week diplomatic sweep across the Indo-Pacific.
Taipei is forward-deploying HIMARS to Penghu and Dongyin, finalising the Hai Kun submarine programme, and seeing US legislation introduced that cites Xi Jinping's PLA readiness directive for 2027.
Beijing confirmed Donald Trump's May 13-15 state visit, the first US presidential trip to China in nearly a decade, with Iran, Taiwan and trade all on the table and Musk and Cook expected to accompany the delegation.
