Bloomberg The Republican chairman of the House Oversight Committee criticised the Trump administration’s response to questions about its vetting and security clearance process following a series of controversies about staff with access to the country’s most classified information. Representative Trey Gowdy’s spokeswoman on the committee, Amanda Gonzalez, said that a five-paragraph letter sent to the committee by White House Director ...

The controversy over President Trump’s proposed tariffs on imports of steel (25%) and aluminum (10%t) is less about economics than ego — Trump’s ego. Frustrated by special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation and the reported chaos in the White House, the president, it seems, had to show who’s boss and who’s driving events. Hence, his broadside attack against many traditional US ...

It’s becoming all too easy to throw accusations at Chinese companies, especially when trade and political tensions rise. You know the refrain: They’re just copycats of US counterparts, ripping off larger rivals and protected by trade barriers such as censorship and investment laws. Frankly, this is an intellectual crutch. Witness the overuse of descriptive cliches — X, the Netflix of ...