Diplomats are mingling around east midtown Manhattan like it's some high stakes high school reunion. Must be UN General Assembly Week. Plus a dispatch from swamp in the form of Axios's Mike Allen featuring a juicy little Spicer scoop.
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Trade Representative Jamieson Greer will meet with their Chinese counterparts in Geneva on Saturday in a bid to ease escalating trade tensions that have led to punishing tariffs of up to 145%. Ahead of the meetings, Trump said that he expects tariffs to come down.
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer achieved what his Conservative predecessors couldn’t.
On Thursday, Robert Francis Prevost was elected the 267th pope of the Roman Catholic Church, taking the name Pope Leo XIV and becoming the first American pontiff — defying widespread assumptions that a US candidate was a long shot.
The former premier of Quebec talks exclusively to GZERO.
The US dollar is the most widely used currency in the world, underpinning the vast majority of global finance and trade.
Pierre Poilievre lost his seat last week.
US House Speaker Mike Johnson talks with reporters in the US Capitol on May 8, 2025.
US House Speaker Mike Johnson is walking a tightrope on Medicaid — and wobbling.
The first official meeting between Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and US President Donald Trump was friendlier than you might expect given the recent tensions in the relationship.