Trump is the big beast at every global summit. And by shattering convention, remaining highly unpredictable and setting a dizzying pace for action, he has quickly consolidated global power.

Hurricane Melissa was a Category 5 storm—and one of the most powerful hurricanes ever recorded in the Atlantic Ocean—when it hit Jamaica on Oct. 28 and a Category 4 when it moved on to Cuba. Melissa’s death toll is slowly ticking up as rescue crews work to reach rural and less accessible areas in the Caribbean.

Nine months into his term, President Donald Trump’s approach to allies, adversaries and competitors around the world has proved a strange mix of successes and increasingly frequent and erratic eruptions.

The 2025 elections, set for this coming Tuesday, tell an unsurprising story: Backlash to an increasingly unpopular Donald Trump is lifting Democratic and liberal causes across the country, from a governor’s race in Virginia to a redistricting referendum in California to New York City’s mayoral battle.

The Trump administration has adopted a foreign policy approach of prioritizing economic and security relations with countries where interests converge. This strategy may be initially popular with some foreign leaders who think their countries could gain ...

U.S. tariffs under President Donald Trump are posing deeper economic and political challenges for Thailand, straining a historical and critical U.S. Indo-Pacific ally and pushing the kingdom closer

But analysts see little room for improvement in U.S.-China relations because, as one put it, “there is no trust.”

William M. LeoGrande is a professor of government at American University and nonresident fellow at the Quincy Institute. He is a co-author, with Peter Kornbluh, of Back Channel to Cuba: The Hidden History of Negotiations between Washington and Havana. X: @WMLeoGrande

President Donald Trump’s announcement of resuming nuclear testing has stirred questions about the type, such as live testing of warheads, and whether the United States has entered a new era of

While the solicitor general is arguing that Trump’s tariffs are not primarily a revenue raising policy, the president has repeatedly argued that the funds raised from his levies are essential for his trade agenda and the broader U.