It added US' self-defeating protectionism must not distract China from its path to modernization.

The Department of Health and Human Services has already assessed three military bases in Texas and would review another in Arkansas.

Luxury carmakers Daimler and BMW joined American farmers and Chinese solar panel and steel makers among the first casualties in what looks set to become a bitter trade war on a global scale of a kind not seen since the 1930s.

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries meets on Friday to decide output policy amid calls from top consumers such as the United States, China and India to cool down oil prices.

There was no official confirmation of the move from military authorities.

President Donald Trump threatened Monday to hit $200 billion of Chinese imports with 10 percent tariffs if Beijing retaliates against his previous announcement to target $50 billion in imports.

The lawsuit was filed on April 16 by the Los Angeles-based Center for Human Rights & Constitutional Law.

The order requires immigrant families to be detained together when they are caught entering the United States from Mexico illegally, for as long as their criminal proceedings take.

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley announced the decision to pull out of the council on Tuesday over what she said was chronic bias against Israel and a lack of reform.

The tariff could add new pressure on U.S. crude prices, energy executives and analysts said.

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, a Trump appointee, told reporters at a White House briefing the administration was only strictly enforcing the law.

The world's largest coffee chain is facing competition both from upscale coffee houses and lower-priced fast-food chains like McDonald's Corp and Dunkin' Donuts.

S&P Dow Jones Indices said on Tuesday that GE will be replaced in the 30-component stock average by drug store chain Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc prior to the start of trading on June 26.

Analysts and diplomats said Ghani's offer to hold unconditional peace talks had set the stage for U.S. officials to open backchannel negotiations with the Taliban, despite Washington's policy that peace talks be Afghan-led.

Iran has one of the Middle East’s largest missile programs and some of its precision-guided missiles have the range to strike arch-adversary Israel.

A Pentagon statement said there would be a meeting between the secretaries of defense and state as well as Trump's national security adviser on the issue this week.

Munich prosecutors said Rupert Stadler was being detained due to fears he might hinder an ongoing investigation into the scandal, plunging Volkswagen into a leadership crisis.

The Federal Reserve's hawkishness could also bring cheer for a small group of Asian economies that wouldn't mind seeing their currencies weaken

Conservatives and consumer groups alike were quick to criticize the announcement, questioning if she will be able to get Senate approval given her qualifications.

The "Dreamers," as the mostly Hispanic group of immigrants are referred to as, were brought to the U.S. as children, illegally, and have had to spend most of their lives in limbo. The more moderate of the two bills would protect 1.8 million "Dreamers" from deportation and provide them a path to citizenship.