Foreign policy

• Trump refuses to be outdone by Europe, signing his own U.S.-India trade deal - The U.S. deal comes after global trading partners have been signing trade pacts, leaving America looking ostracized and more isolated.
• Trump says U.S. and India reached trade deal, will lower tariffs immediately - The U.S. and India have reached a trade deal, President Donald Trump announced.
• United Arab Emirates' 'Spy Sheikh' bought secret stake in Trump crypto company: WSJ - “This is corruption, plain and simple," said Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, the top Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee.
• Is 'America First' starting to backfire as Washington's allies go it alone? - Trump's volatility and unpredictability, as well as tariffs and territorial threats, have spooked erstwhile allies.
• Partial government shutdown on track for Saturday after Senate vote on funding deal stalled - The deal would address concerns Democrats have had about funding the Department of Homeland Security because of enforcement actions in Minnesota.
• World leaders flock to Beijing, hedging against U.S. disruptions - Nations that avoided China in recent years are now sending their leaders to Beijing for meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
• Trump says 'we're going to de-escalate a little bit' in Minnesota after Alex Pretti killing - Trump and the White House has sought to lower tensions over the shooting deaths of Alex Pretti and Renee Good in Minneapolis.
• Trump is a bigger threat to Nato than Putin, says alliance’s former commander - INTERVIEW: The American leader imperilled the future of the alliance with repeated threats to seize Greenland and attacks on European allies. General Richard Shirreff tells Maira Butt that the US president has turned the international order
• All eyes are on Trump's reaction to the 'mother of all deals' between India and the EU - The trade deal is being widely seen as a strategic hedge against volatile U.S. trade policies.
• The 'middle powers' are having a moment, but can they stand up to Trump? - Some are looking to the world's "middle powers" as a possible bulwark against increasing unilateralism among global superpowers.