For all the ground that traditional socialist parties have lost, the European Union remains a profoundly socialist organization that believes in strong worker rights at the expense of corporations — at least judging from its latest mission statement. The European Commission has presented the final version of the European Pillar of Social Rights, a document in which Commission President …

  Is imported steel a threat to national security? How about aluminum? The White House has its suspicions, and plans to invoke an arcane statute to investigate. If the probes turn up anything, President Donald Trump will have essentially unlimited power to restrict or limit imports in response. Despite the administration’s claims, this sounds like a pretext for imposing tariffs …

  The US has sent aircraft carrier battle group and submarine in the Korean Peninsula; President Donald Trump warned a “major conflict” with North Korea was possible if diplomatic solutions fail; Senator John McCain said the US leader understood that military action was a last resort and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson mounted an effort at the United Nations to …