A mother shares a video of her son showing a picture of Donald Trump saying that he is his father leaving the internet amused.

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Trump’s tariff campaign of tariff hikes, aid cuts, boycotted meetings and repeated criticism has triggered turmoil in South Africa

New trade tariffs imposed by US president Donald Trump came into effect on Thursday. Countries like South Africa and Lesotho are also hard-hit and are still hoping to re-negotiate the tariffs in the face of potentially dire consequences for their economies.

After a visit to Africa, Curtis explains what the U.S. needs to do differently if it wants to compete with China.

Trump's focus on resettling Afrikaners could upend the precedent around the refugee program, which for decades had bipartisan support.

The South African government has dismissed the U.S. State Department’s latest assessment of the country's human rights conditions as “inaccurate and deeply flawed.”

Reed authored legislation creating a pathway to US citizenship for thousands of Liberians. Amo’s connection is personal: his parents immigrated to Rhode Island from Liberia and Ghana.