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Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland | REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst, edited by Russell Nystrom

The UN assembly and Trump–Xi summit.

Plus, how do legal challenges to Trump’s actions compare to past administrations?
President Xi

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President Donald Trump, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, and Greenlandic Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen at a signing ceremony in New York City

The U.S.–Greenland Deal.

How big of a deal is it?
Greenland
Image by Aidan Gorman

Conspiracy theories are getting dumber.

Just look at the past week.
Conspiracies
President Donald Trump greets Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing — May 14, 2026 | Kenny Holston/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo, edited by Russell Nystrom

The Trump–Xi summit.

Plus, could states band together to ban gerrymandering?
US-China relations
A farmer harvests corn from his fields in Woodburn, Indiana | REUTERS/Bing Guan, edited by Russell Nystrom

The $12 billion farm bailout.

Plus, what's the latest on the measles outbreak?
Corn
President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush on October 5, 2025 | REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst, edited by Russell Nystrom

Trump's new national security priorities.

Plus, why are so many trade deals announced as "frameworks?"
NSS
Shipping containers at port | Image: Rawpixel

How strong is the economy?

Plus, why aren't politicians fixing the national debt?
Economy
Trump softens on China and Jerome Powell.

Trump softens on China and Jerome Powell.

Trump signals a deal with China, and says he won't fire Powell.
Donald Trump
Donald Trump on the South Lawn of the White House in 2019 | Image: PBS

Trump reverses, pauses tariffs.

16 thoughts on the 90-day pause on Trump's tariffs.
Tariffs
President Trump hosts a press conference on Thursday | The AP

Trump's new tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China.

President Trump starts to roll out his trade policy.
President Trump
SCOTUS allows laws against homeless encampments.

SCOTUS allows laws against homeless encampments.

The Supreme Court's latest decision has major implications for the homelessness crisis
Homelessness
Biden imposes new tariffs on China.

Biden imposes new tariffs on China.

Plus, a reader question about the Tangle read time.
Tariffs