The United States and Japan, faced with the challenges posed by an increasingly hostile China, are expected to further integrate their militaries and announce new agreements on technology and defense on Wednesday as President Biden hosts Prime Minister Fumio Kishida for a state visit to Washington. The talks are part of the Biden administration’s diplomatic…
When the torrential rain stopped on Friday afternoon, Laura Lowry could see the steam rising off the wet pavement. She was on her front porch in the Fifth Ward neighborhood of Houston, desperate for relief from the 91-degree heat. The air-conditioner in her house worked, but she and her husband, reliant on disability checks, couldn’t…
SIMI VALLEY, Calif.— Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Wednesday pledged to deepen alliances between the United States and Taiwan amid rising tensions with China, using a visit with President Tsai Ing-wen to underscore American solidarity with the island and a willingness to confront Beijing as it expands its global influence. The gathering at the Ronald Reagan…
WASHINGTON — President Biden scored an early political point this month in his fight with congressional Republicans over taxes, spending and raising the federal debt limit: He forced Republican leaders to profess, repeatedly, that they will not seek cuts to Social Security and Medicare. In the process, Mr. Biden has effectively steered a debate about…