Musk's weekend launch of the "America Party" came in the wake of Trump signing into law a sprawling domestic policy bill

US President Donald Trump reignited his trade war by threatening more than a dozen countries with higher tariffs Monday

President Donald Trump on Sunday called Elon Musk’s plans to form a new political party “ridiculous,” launching new barbs at the tech billionaire and saying the Musk ally he once named to lead Nasa would have presented a conflict of interest given Musk’s business interests in space.

US President Donald Trump has said he will send letters to select trade partners facing tariff hikes as early as Monday, piling pressure on countries to strike a deal with Washington before a new August 1 deadline.

In near-identically worded letters to the Japanese and South Korean leaders, Trump said the tariffs would apply from August 1

Investors raise concerns over Musk's political involvement

Campers are among the victims

The flooding occurred after Guadalupe River broke its banks following torrential rain

The flash floods have killed at least 68 so far

At 5.8 percent, unemployment for young, recent graduates from US universities is higher than it has been since November 2013

Multiple flash flood warnings remained in place across central Texas after water surged through communities

Musk has clashed with Trump over the president's massive domestic spending plan, saying it would explode the US debt, and vowed to do everything in his power to defeat lawmakers who voted for it

Rescuers yesterday searched for 27 girls missing from a riverside summer camp in the US state of Texas, after torrential rains caused devastating flooding that killed at least 27 people -- with more rain on the way.

A massive wildfire raging in California for the past three days has ravaged more than 70,000 acres, as hundreds of firefighters fought to bring it under control

As US President Donald Trump worked to pass his signature spending bill, he blended charm and threats, bestowed gifts and bellowed frustration to bend Congress to his will.

The US imposed sanctions on Thursday against a network that smuggles Iranian oil disguised as Iraqi oil and on a Hezbollah-controlled financial institution, the Treasury Department said.

US President Donald Trump will sign his flagship tax and spending bill Friday in a pomp-laden Independence Day ceremony featuring fireworks and a flypast by the type of stealth bomber that bombed Iran

Asian investors trod cautiously on Friday as Donald Trump's deadline to avert his steep tariffs approached, with the US president saying he planned to start sending letters informing trading partners of their rates.

Many fear that it will balloon the national debt, gut health and welfare support as well as clean energy, and supercharge Trump's migrant crackdown.

Beijing's commerce ministry said it had "always firmly opposed" US tariffs