Trump will force the Supreme Court to face its biggest fear: being ignored.

Net foreign direct investment by Japan in the U.S. reached a record high of 11.73 trillion yen ($77.3 billion) in 2024, Japanese government data shows, continuing its rise while economic and geopolitical concerns chilled spending in China.
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Australia's ruling Labor Party has passed a centerpiece of its industrial policy through Parliament, paving the way for subsidies for critical minerals processors and hydrogen producers.
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Marco Rubio’s choice of Latin America for his first trip abroad as top US diplomat reinforces two of President Donald Trump’s priorities early in his second term — deportations and securing the Panama Canal from perceived Chinese control.

US President Donald Trump on Saturday will implement tariffs of 25% on Canadian and Mexican imports and 10% on Chinese goods with immediate effect, White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said reut.rs/4aCJdMp

Former New York congressman Lee Zeldin, President-elect Trump’s nominee to run the Environmental Protection Agency, told senators on Tuesday that he would uphold the agency’s mission to protect human health and the environment, but he did not flag climate action as a central responsibility.

Exclusive: The US Commerce Department and FBI are both investigating a little-known telecoms hardware firm founded by senior Huawei veterans in China more than a decade ago over possible security risks, sources and documents show reut.rs/4g6a4S6

Universities and other higher education establishments have joined a retreat among British institutions from Elon Musk's X social media platform, citing its role in spreading misinformation that fueled race riots last year reut.rs/3PrsMsx

Union electricians are flocking to areas like rural Washington where A.I. companies are building massive data centers.

Nissan's stock surged as much as 24% Wednesday, the most in at least five decades, on hopes that a potential tie-up with Honda will save the Japanese automaker from financial crisis

Talks between Volkswagen managers and labor leaders are expected to stretch into the night for a second day, a source close to the matter said, in a sign the two sides are still far apart in a battle over German cost cuts reut.rs/3ZYsuQ6

The US solar industry unveiled its lobbying strategy for the incoming Trump administration, promoting itself as a domestic jobs engine that can help meet soaring power demand, without referencing its role in combating climate change reut.rs/49x2dLI

China will ban exports of 'dual-use items' related to gallium, germanium, antimony and superhard materials to the United States that take effect from Tuesday, the commerce ministry said reut.rs/3OXcGXz

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