https://www.scmp.com/rss/523377/feed The latest news and top stories on Ron Wyden, the Democratic senior senator of the US state of Oregon since 1996 and chair of the Senate Finance Committee that oversees tax and trade policy. As a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, he was known for championing healthcare reform, internet freedom, and privacy rights. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse US President Donald Trump’s administration is facing a Friday deadline to release decades of government secrets on notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, the latest milestone in the long-running effort to uncover the full extent of his network. Under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, Trump’s Department of Justice (DOJ) must release by December 19 its vast cache of records on the late financier’s sex-trafficking empire, which was alleged to have entangled underage girls and brushed against the... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3336435/deadline-looms-release-epstein-files-test-us-transparency?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3336435/deadline-looms-release-epstein-files-test-us-transparency?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 15 Dec 2025 04:23:30 +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 Brian Rhoads,Raymond Ma Brian Rhoads,Raymond Ma US President Donald Trump is seeking about US$150 billion of additional defence spending in the One Big Beautiful Bill amid rising competition with China in the Pacific Ocean. The plans include US$25 billion for the Golden Dome, Trump’s planned space-based defence system, and US$32 billion for naval vessels and to challenge China’s dominance of shipbuilding (See SCMP Plus Factsheet). The bill is heading for a final vote in the House of Representatives after hours of wrangling on the floor. It... https://www.scmp.com/plus/article/3316798/china-military-growth-looms-over-trumps-one-big-beautiful-bill?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/plus/article/3316798/china-military-growth-looms-over-trumps-one-big-beautiful-bill?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 03 Jul 2025 09:00:11 +0000