https://www.scmp.com/rss/522737/feed The latest news and top stories on Jeanne Shaheen. As the first woman elected both a US Governor and a US Senator, she represents New Hampshire in the Senate, a role she has held since 2009. Shaheen previously served as Governor of New Hampshire from 1997 to 2003 and directed Harvard University’s Institute of Politics. Her work in the Senate likely involves foreign relations, armed services, appropriations and small business. She is known for bipartisan efforts, advocating for national defence,... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Lawrence Chung Lawrence Chung Four senior US senators are on a two-day visit to Taiwan to press for legislative approval of a NT$1.25 trillion (US$40 billion) special defence budget proposed by the island’s government but stalled by the opposition as military pressure from Beijing intensifies. The visit – seen as signalling growing frustration in Washington over the delays – comes as Taipei faces looming payment deadlines for several US-approved arms packages, with funding still unresolved due to the legislative... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3348433/us-senators-visit-taiwan-push-defence-spending-arms-deadlines-loom?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3348433/us-senators-visit-taiwan-push-defence-spending-arms-deadlines-loom?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 30 Mar 2026 12:39:24 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press US President Donald Trump suggested on Friday that he may punish countries with tariffs if they don’t back the US controlling Greenland, a message that came as a bipartisan Congressional delegation sought to lower tensions in the Danish capital. Trump for months has insisted that the US should control Greenland, a semi-autonomous territory of Nato ally Denmark, and said earlier this week that anything less than the Arctic island being in US hands would be “unacceptable”. During an unrelated... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3340228/trump-says-he-may-tariff-countries-dont-back-us-controlling-greenland?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3340228/trump-says-he-may-tariff-countries-dont-back-us-controlling-greenland?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 16 Jan 2026 18:48:08 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press A bipartisan group of lawmakers has proposed creating a new agency with US$2.5 billion to spur production of rare earths and the other critical minerals, while the Trump administration has already taken aggressive actions to break China’s grip on the market for these materials that are crucial to hi-tech products, including mobile phones, electric vehicles, jet fighters and missiles. It is too early to tell how the bill, if passed, could align with the White House’s policy but whatever the... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3340072/us-lawmakers-propose-us25-billion-agency-boost-production-rare-earths?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3340072/us-lawmakers-propose-us25-billion-agency-boost-production-rare-earths?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 15 Jan 2026 21:15:05 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse US President Donald Trump is considering making an offer to buy Greenland, the White House said on Wednesday, despite the island’s people and controlling power Denmark making clear they are not interested. Trump has repeatedly refused to rule out force to seize the strategic Arctic island, prompting shock and anger from Denmark and other long-standing European allies of the United States. After a request from Copenhagen, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he would soon hold discussions with... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3339105/trump-plots-buy-greenland-nato-ally-denmark-seethes?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3339105/trump-plots-buy-greenland-nato-ally-denmark-seethes?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 07 Jan 2026 20:45:59 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press US President Donald Trump’s newly appointed envoy to Greenland said on Tuesday that the Republican administration is looking to begin a conversation with residents of the semi-autonomous Danish territory about the best way forward for the strategically important island. In his first extended comments since being appointed to the role this week, Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry said the Trump administration isn’t going to “go in there trying to conquer anybody” or try to “to take over anybody’s... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3337583/does-us-want-conquer-greenland-trumps-new-envoy-weighs?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3337583/does-us-want-conquer-greenland-trumps-new-envoy-weighs?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 24 Dec 2025 05:13:06 +0000 Reuters Reuters A bipartisan group of US senators, including prominent Republican China hawk Tom Cotton, on Thursday unveiled a bill that would block the Trump administration from loosening rules that restrict Beijing’s access to artificial intelligence chips for two-and-a-half years. The bill, known as the SAFE CHIPS Act, was filed by Republican Senator Pete Ricketts and Democrat Chris Coons. It would require the Commerce Department, which oversees export controls, to deny any license requests for buyers in... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3335255/senators-unveil-bill-keep-trump-easing-curbs-ai-chip-sales-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3335255/senators-unveil-bill-keep-trump-easing-curbs-ai-chip-sales-china?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 04 Dec 2025 20:45:38 +0000 Bochen Han Bochen Han A bipartisan group of US lawmakers is urging Donald Trump’s administration to reject Myanmar’s “sham” elections next month, days after the administration cited the country’s electoral progress as grounds to remove legal protections for Myanmar nationals in the US. “Burma’s planned elections this December are proving to be a sham,” said Representatives Brian Mast and Gregory Meeks and Senators Jim Risch and Jeanne Shaheen on Wednesday, using the former name for the war-torn country. “Orchestrated... https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3334287/us-lawmakers-urge-trump-condemn-myanmars-china-backed-sham-elections-next-month?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3334287/us-lawmakers-urge-trump-condemn-myanmars-china-backed-sham-elections-next-month?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 26 Nov 2025 20:14:04 +0000 Khushboo Razdan Khushboo Razdan US President Donald Trump’s nominee for ambassador to India on Thursday pushed back on fears that New Delhi was drifting towards China, pledging to draw India closer to the US, open its markets to American goods and end Russian oil purchases, while telling senators that India and China had little in common and were unlikely to forge closer ties. “While we might have our moments of hiccups right now, we are on the track of resolving that. Our relationship with the Indian government … is much... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3325259/just-hiccups-trumps-india-nominee-pledges-pull-new-delhi-away-beijing?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3325259/just-hiccups-trumps-india-nominee-pledges-pull-new-delhi-away-beijing?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 11 Sep 2025 21:11:08 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg Top US Senate Democrats are working to block President Donald Trump’s plan to implement high duties on goods from Brazil, charging that they are being used for political purposes. “We’re particularly concerned about these tariffs on Brazil – which are being put into place to get the Brazilian Supreme Court to stop its prosecution of Trump’s long-time friend Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s former president who is facing criminal charges for inciting a violent coup,” Senators Tim Kaine, Chuck Schumer,... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3320337/us-senate-democrats-try-resolution-cancel-trumps-brazil-tariffs?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3320337/us-senate-democrats-try-resolution-cancel-trumps-brazil-tariffs?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 31 Jul 2025 15:43:31 +0000 Alex Lo Alex Lo Tony Soprano would have been proud. Sitting as an observer, a legal adviser of the US State Department threatened the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) oversight body that “all options are on the table” against the court. “To be clear, we expect all ICC actions against the United States and our ally Israel – that is, all investigations and all arrest warrants – to be terminated,” Reed Rubinstein told the Assembly of State Parties in New York last week. “We will use all appropriate and... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/article/3318456/end-international-law-and-law-war-we-know-it?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/article/3318456/end-international-law-and-law-war-we-know-it?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:00:09 +0000