One further force promoting AI innovation could be defence spending. America puts only a tiny fraction of its $850bn defence budget into AI. Silicon Valley executives hope that the Trump administration will allow more participation by startups building AI weapons and systems in the competition for defence contracts.

President Trump hosted executives from Softbank, OpenAI and Oracle at the White House Tuesday to announce “Stargate,” a $500BN private-sector plan to build new AI data centers.

Chinese officials were prepared for Donald Trump to deliver bad news on his return to the US presidency: immediate 60 per cent tariffs on exports that could deal a serious blow to the world’s second-largest economy.

US President Donald Trump considering 10% import tax from Feb 1 China says it will defend its national interests after Donald Trump's latest comments on imposing tariffs on Chinese goods. The US president said his administration is considering introducing import taxes of 10% as early as next week.

China’s Vice President has announced plans for the country to increase its imports of goods, ahead of the potential tariff hikes mentioned by Donald Trump on his first day in the White House. Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos,

The White House on Wednesday summarized U.S. President Donald Trump's sweeping crackdown this week at the U.S.-Mexico border. Trump took office on Monday and issued a raft of executive orders that aim to clamp down on illegal immigration and advance his goal of deporting millions of immigrants who are in the U.

President Donald Trump unleashed an unprecedented barrage of executive orders after taking office this week WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is swiftly breaching the traditional boundaries of presidential power as he returns to the White House,

Trump, who said he would not be a dictator “except for Day 1” of his presidency, signed a record number of executive orders on Monday.