The US is weighing using the power of the dollar to stop Chinese banks aiding Russia — but its plan could backfire

The US is drawing up plans to cut Chinese banks off fro the global financial system, according to The Wall Street Journal. Read More

X becomes 'earthquake Twitter' as users flood site with memes and jokes

Social media users on the East Coast flooded X on Friday ... "can you imagine how humiliating this would be for us if the californians were awake," one person shared. One person shared a video ... Read More

Can TikTok's owner afford to lose its killer app?

More than 40% of US users say it's their regular source of news ... is now TikTok's largest market, accounting for about 17% of its total users, and its most lucrative. "If TikTok were to lose ... Read More

US Economy News Today: Powell Dismisses the Need for Additional Rate Hikes

Today, the Federal Reserve concluded its two-day Open Markets Committee meeting by leaving interest rates untouched, as expected, and saying it will likely stay that way for longer than previously ... Read More

US trade deficit narrows slightly in March

The U.S. trade deficit narrowed slightly in March as a decline in imports was tempered somewhat by a plunge in exports. Read More

Stocks jump after Fed, US data; yen strengthens

Asian stocks and U.S. futures rose on Thursday after the Federal Reserve downplayed risks of an interest rate hike, while the yen was bumpy after another burst of suspected intervention from Japan. Read More

Is WhatsApp down? Users across US, several other countries report outages

Thousands across the US and ... in users facing outages, WhatsApp's official X, formerly Twitter account, tweeted at around 3 pm, “We know some people are experiencing issues right now, we ... Read More

The US Is Losing Access to Its Bases in Niger − Here's Why That's a Big Deal

The United States was forced to stop its military operations ... to maintain some sort of military presence in Niger. But, for now, Niger’s new ruling junta has declared that the U.S. military ... Read More

The US Now Has a Fast EV-Charging Station for Every 15 Gas Stations

Automakers may be pumping the brakes on EV production in the US, but charging challenges — traditionally a major hurdle to adoption — are vanishing at a rapid clip. Read More

'Ukraine will lose the war if…': Volodymyr Zelensky tells US

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday that Kyiv will lose the war against Russia if the US Congress does not ... only on the HT App. Download Now! "It is necessary to specifically ... Read More

US should not lose sight of Gaza disaster: Senator

Independent US Sen. Bernie Sanders warned ... I hope very much that we will not lose sight of the unprecedented humanitarian disaster now taking place in Gaza. We must not lose sight of that ... Read More

The US is losing access to its bases in Niger − here’s why that’s a big deal

The United States was forced to stop its military operations ... to maintain some sort of military presence in Niger. But, for now, Niger’s new ruling junta has declared that the U.S. military ... Read More