President Donald Trump is waging a trade war without getting approval from Congress: He declared a national emergency to slap import taxes — tariffs — on almost every country on earth.The president is now facing at least seven lawsuits that argue he’s gone too far and asserted power he does not have.

As President Donald Trump tours the Middle East, the United States and Saudi Arabia signed a historic $142 billion arms deal that according to the White House was the largest defense sales agreement in history.

President Donald Trump opened his four-day Mideast trip on Tuesday arriving in Saudi Arabia, the first leg of his three-nation visit this week meant to tackle multiple crises and conflicts across the region.

Just as he did in his first term as president, Trump is upending decades of diplomatic protocol and choosing to embark on his first major foreign trip with a visit to Saudi Arabia. He’ll continue this week to Qatar and the United Arab Emirates,

President Trump, who will also go to Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, has told advisers that he wants to sign deals worth more than $1 trillion on the trip.

After ending a ceasefire two months ago, Israel is intensifying the war in the Gaza Strip, where a blockade on food, medicine and other supplies is worsening a humanitarian crisis. And Iran, an enemy of Israel and a rival of Saudi Arabia, stands on the cusp of being able to develop nuclear weapons.

The United States and Saudi Arabia solidified economic and energy cooperation with new agreements, including a $3.4 billion expansion of Aramco's Motiva refinery in Texas and LNG partnerships with Sempra and NextDecade.

A day after China and the U.S. agreed to a 90-day truce in their tariffs stalemate, China is moving to strengthen its alliances as a counterweight to President Donald Trump's trade war.

President Donald Trump’s agreement with China to temporarily slash tariffs for 90 days offered the world a bit of welcome relief

The Trump administration and China have agreed to slash tariffs for the next 90 days in a push to deescalate a trade war between the two countries.