Mexico’s Response to Trump’s Tariffs: Troops, Cartels and China

Mexico’s Response to Trump’s Tariffs: Troops, Cartels and China

Mexico braced for the worst when President Trump threatened steep tariffs on its exports. But as a deadline looms, Mexico’s leaders hope they have found a formula for staving off tariffs by moving decisively on several fronts to appease Mr. Trump. Focusing on Mr. Trump’s complaints over migration and illicit …

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As Musk Consolidates Power, His Mother, Maye, Is in Demand

As Musk Consolidates Power, His Mother, Maye, Is in Demand

In the past six months, Maye Musk, the mother of Elon Musk, has been to China, Kazakhstan and the United Arab Emirates, visits that come as foreign leaders are jockeying for influence over the Trump administration. Ms. Musk, 76, has for years traveled the world to model, speak and promote …

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Europe Is Left with Hard Choices as Trump Sours on Ukraine

Europe Is Left with Hard Choices as Trump Sours on Ukraine

European leaders have dealt with President Trump’s return to office by trying to keep him cooperating on Ukraine while pushing to ramp up their own defense spending so they are less reliant on an increasingly fickle America. But Friday’s meeting in the Oval Office, in which Mr. Trump berated President …

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Illegal Migration to the U.S. Now People Are Heading to Canada.

Illegal Migration to the U.S. Now People Are Heading to Canada.

The pre-dawn call by U.S. border agents to their Canadian counterparts was shocking: A group of nine people, most of them children, were about to enter Canada on foot. On Feb. 3 at 6:16 a.m., when the group was spotted, the border between Alberta and Montana was brutally uninviting, covered …

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How Trump’s Tariffs Could Affect American Companies

How Trump’s Tariffs Could Affect American Companies

From her home in Phoenix, Erica Campbell is waiting for a cargo vessel from China to deliver a shipment of thousands of Jesus rattle dolls, tin Easter eggs, religious-themed baby swaddle blankets and 15,000 packages of Jesus Heals bandages. Ms. Campbell, 36, the owner of Be a Heart, a Catholic …

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Migrants Deported to Panama Jungle Camp Face Uncertain Future

Migrants Deported to Panama Jungle Camp Face Uncertain Future

The camp lies four hours from Panama’s capital, down a bumpy, often desolate highway, at the edge of a treacherous jungle called the Darién. For more than a week, it has held more than 100 asylum seekers from around the world. Surrounded by fences and armed guards, they sleep on …

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