The Department of Government Efficiency is shuttering organizations that Beijing worried about most, or actively sought to subvert.

Elon Musk's ties to China have come under scrutiny during his tenure working in President Donald Trump's administration. Newsweek reached out to Musk via Tesla's press email for c

U.S. President Donald Trump has denied a New York Times report that his close ally, billionaire Elon Musk, was due to be briefed by the Pentagon on Friday about the U.S. military's plan for any war that might break out with China.

Planning for a war with China has dominated Pentagon thinking for decades, well before a possible confrontation with Beijing became more conventional wisdom on Capitol Hill. The United States has built its Air Forces, Navy and Space Forces — and even more recently its Marines and Army forces — with a possible fight against China in mind.

According to the US Treasury Department, for the first time, the United States has imposed restrictions on China for purchasing oil subject to US sanctions. The sanctions were imposed on the Chinese petrochemical refinery Shandong Shouguang Luqing,

The U.S. on Thursday issued new sanctions intended to hit Iran's oil exports, including what the State Department said were the first U.S. measures targeting a Chinese "teapot refinery" processing the crude.

The United States has announced fresh sanctions targeting a Chinese teapot refinery for purchasing millions of barrels of Iranian oil, along with additional sanctions on entities and vessels in Iran's shadow fleet,