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Household goods inspector Faata Leafa watches a mover with Aloha International pack up a home in Honolulu on May 5, 2020.

Asia-Pacific

Pentagon’s overhaul of military relocations faces a skeptical moving industry

The Defense Department’s effort to streamline its global system of shipping service members’ household goods is meeting resistance from the moving industry and a federal lawsuit challenging the bidding process for a multibillion-dollar contract.

January 17, 2025

Dr. Troy E. Meink, principal deputy director of the National Reconnaissance Office, listens to a Joint Task Force-Space Defense heritage briefing at Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado, Aug. 31, 2022. Meink, along with George C. Barnes, deputy director and senior civilian leader of the National Security Agency, visited the JTF-SD and its National Space Defense Center to receive a mission brief. The JTF-SD, and its NSDC, provide unprecedented unity of effort with the Department of Defense, Intelligence Community and NRO to protect and defend against threats in the space domain. (U.S. Space Force photo by Tiana Williams)

Air Force

Trump selects Air Force veteran, space agency official to serve as service’s next secretary

President-elect Donald Trump has selected Troy Meink, an Air Force veteran and the principal deputy director of the National Reconnaissance Office, to serve as the next Air Force secretary.

January 16, 2025

A closeup of a silicon wafter with hues of purple, indigo, blue, green, and orange striping across it, with gloved fingers peeking out one end of it.

Asia-Pacific

China begins probe into US chip grants, alleged dumping

Beijing’s investigation echoes a longstanding U.S. complaint, that China’s government openly bankrolls its domestic firms in contravention of global trade agreements. It could potentially be one of Beijing’s strongest retaliatory moves against American technology sanctions.

January 16, 2025

Bold, capitalized text reading ‘Now hiring’ hovers over an image of a person exercising, on a poster for a fitness center.

U.S.

Surging job market could prove costly for households, businesses as odds of quick rate cuts fade

The monthly numbers beat forecasters’ expectation and stocks fell Friday morning on the expectations that the strong jobs report will make the Federal Reserve less likely to cut interest rates.

January 10, 2025

U.S.

US Steel CEO calls blocking of deal ‘shameful and corrupt’

U.S. Steel CEO David Burritt referenced China in his criticism of the Biden administration because part of the rationale of the deal was to make Nippon Steel, already the world’s fourth largest steelmaker, better able to compete with the Chinese steelmakers that dominate global steel production.

January 7, 2025

A submarine travels through open water with its top half visible above the water and a coast line in the background.

Navy

Navy needs billions more each year to make shipbuilding plan a reality, CBO says

The Navy will need a budget boost of at least $85 billion annually to realize an ambitious goal to grow its fleet by nearly 100 ships over the next three decades, according to a recent Congressional Budget Office analysis.

January 7, 2025

National security adviser Jake Sullivan, at the White House in October, took part in meetings with Japanese officials, who expressed reservations about President Joe Biden's position on the Nippon Steel takeover. MUST CREDIT: Tom Brenner for The Washington Post

U.S.

Biden rejected appeals of several top advisers in blocking US Steel bid

President Joe Biden’s blocking of a Japanese company’s bid to purchase U.S. Steel overrode the advice of numerous top aides, ending a long-running debate that had divided the president’s inner circle, according to seven officials familiar with the matter.

January 5, 2025

Nippon Steel’s East Nippon Works Kashima Area facility in Kashima, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan.

U.S.

Nippon Steel reportedly negotiating directly with White House in quest to purchase US Steel

Nippon Steel continues to push for presidential support of its proposed $14.9 billion purchase of U.S. Steel, despite concerns that such a deal could lower American steel production and create a national security threat.

January 1, 2025

A student protester waves a Palestinian flag above Hamilton Hall on the campus of Columbia University, on Tuesday, April 30, 2024, in New York. Early Tuesday, dozens of protesters took over Hamilton Hall, locking arms and carrying furniture and metal barricades to the building. Columbia responded by restricting access to campus.

U.S.

UNC-Chapel Hill to offer class on Israel-Palestine, with a possible trip to Israel and the Palestinian territories

Dozens of protesters were detained at UNC-Chapel Hill in April and national headlines were made when pro-Palestinian protesters removed the American flag from a campus flagpole. Now, the university is taking a notably different approach to the issue.

December 27, 2024

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