Bloomberg The US Justice Department told a federal judge that the government needs more time to “safely” reunite almost 3,000 kids with their parents. US District Judge Dana Sabraw in San Diego had ordered the US to return all children under age five to their parents by July 10 and all other minors by July 26. “The government does not ...

Bloomberg Paul Manafort said he can’t be ready for a July 25 trial in Alexandria, Virginia, on bank fraud and tax charges because the judge in his separate money-laundering case in Washington put him in a jail two hours away from his lawyers’ offices. Manafort, President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, asked the judge in Virginia to delay the trial ...

Donald Trump is trying to take on the single most globalised industry — and China. But the world’s largest car market won’t budge. Beijing reduced duties on autos on July 1, just before the imposition of US tariffs on $34 billion of Chinese goods. China’s carmakers, like its consumers, are the least vulnerable to exte- rnal forces compared with counterparts ...