Why it wouldn’t take much to start China-Japan war – new book explains

Drawing on lessons from history, Richard McGregor's Asia's Reckoning explores the complex relationship between China, the US and Japan - and how it might evolve peacefully, or tragically A protest outside the Hong Kong Consulate-General of Japan, in 2014, marks the 83rd anniversary of the Japanese occupation in China. Picture: SCMP Demonstrators who regularly gather outside Exchange Square, home of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, aren't protesting against capitalist greed, or the gap between rich and poor.

McMorris Rodgers Splits With Trump On DACA

Eastern Washington's Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers is the most powerful Republican woman in the U.S. House of Representatives. And now, she's speaking out against President Donald Trump's decision to end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals -or DACA.

Barack Obama Responds to Donald Trump’s Decision to End DACA

Now, , who introduced the program during his time as president, is responding to what many are calling an unconscionably cruel decision. The former president, who has spoken out against President Donald Trump's policies on a few occasions, released a statement regarding the news on Facebook.

Trump DACA decision prompts White House protest

NATURAL President Donald Trump on Tuesday scrapped a program that protects from deportation almost 800,000 young men and women who were brought into the United States illegally as children, ordering a phased-out dismantling that gives a gridlocked Congress six months to decide the immigrants' fate. Trump's action, announced by Attorney General Jeff Sessions, rescinds a program called Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals .

Obama slams Trump for rescinding DACA, calls move ‘cruel’

Former President Barack Obama on Tuesday bashed his successor's decision to rescind an immigration order shielding some children of undocumented immigrants from deportation, calling the move "cruel" and "self-defeating." "To target these young people is wrong -- because they have done nothing wrong," Obama wrote in a post on Facebook hours after the decision was announced by President Donald Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

Trump ends Obama program that protects undocumented ‘DREAMers,’…

Putting hundreds of thousands of people at risk of deportation and triggering a furious political battle, U.S. President Donald Trump has decided to eliminate a Barack Obama program that protects young people brought to the U.S. illegally as children, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced on Tuesday. Trump's decision jeopardizes the futures of 800,000 people, many of whom are university students or professionals familiar with no other country and largely indistinguishable from their American-born peers.

Donald Trump to axe programme protecting young immigrants

Donald Trump will phase out a programme that has protected hundreds of thousands of young immigrants brought into the US illegally as children and call for Congress to find a legislative solution to protect them, sources have said. He suggested in an earlier tweet that it would be up to Congress to ultimately decide the fate of those covered by Barack Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals programme, which has provided nearly 800,000 young immigrants a reprieve from deportation and the ability to work legally in the US.

Trump to Congress: ‘Get ready to do your job’ on immigration

President Donald Trump suggested Tuesday it's up to Congress to ultimately decide the fate of hundreds of thousands of young immigrants brought into the country illegally as children. Trump was referring to former President Barack Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA program, which has provided nearly 800,000 young immigrants a reprieve from deportation and the ability to work legally in the U.S. The Trump administration was expected to announce termination of the program - but only after giving Congress six months to come up with a legislative solution to protect the immigrants, sometimes known as "dreamers."

Mass. college presidents defend DACA

Public community college officials in Massachusetts are taking a stand in support of a 5-year-old immigration program put in place by President Barack Obama, but on the chopping block under President Donald Trump. Obama signed an executive order in June 2012 and the Department of Homeland Security subsequently began accepting applications for "deferred action" from immigrants who met certain criteria, such as being brought to the country before they turned 16. Under the program, known as DACA, qualifying immigrants, often described as "dreamers," are protected from deportation for at least two years, and become eligible to apply for a work permit.

Congress returns with Harvey aid, DACA, debt on daunting to-do list

The Capitol is seen at sunrise as Congress returns from the August recess to face work on immigration, the debt limit, funding the government, and Hurricane Harvey, in Washington, Tuesday. WASHINGTON >> Congress ends its five-week summer recess Tuesday as storm-ravaged states clamor for Harvey aid, the Trump administration demands a swift increase in the nation's borrowing authority, and President Donald Trump's actions on immigration seem certain to upend the fall agenda.

How presidential disaster visits matter

President Donald Trump and Melania Trump pass out food and meet people impacted by Hurricane Harvey during a visit to the NRG Center in Houston Saturday. It was his second trip to Texas in a week, and this time his first order of business was to meet with those affected by the record-setting rainfall and flooding.

Fight ‘Trumpian fascism,’ California Democratic Party leader says at Labor Day event

All that stands between us and Trumpian fascism is us, the leader of the California Democratic Party told people at the Labor Day Breakfast of the Napa-Solano Central Labor Council. "Make California truly the island - the big blue island of hope for all of America," Bauman added at the event that took place at the Ironworkers Local 378 Hall in Benicia.

Trump family and associates to be in Russia probe crosshairs

A web of President Donald Trump's family and associates will be back in the crosshairs of congressional committees investigating whether his campaign colluded with Russia, as well as of the high-wattage legal team assembled by special counsel Robert Mueller. As Congress returns from a summer recess, some of the attention will be focused squarely on the president's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., who will meet privately in the coming weeks with staffers on the Senate judiciary and intelligence committees.

Trump’s strategic reset

At various times during our history, American troops abroad have been targeted with special ferocity by enemies aware that the more U.S. troops they killed, the more likely our government would be to accelerate already declared timetables for withdrawal. That ends now, President Donald Trump declared in his recent speech about policy toward the war in Afghanistan.