Clawing back federal funds for public media and foreign aid, as Republicans in Congress did last week, won’t make America safer, stronger or more informed.

After months of fraught negotiations with the United States, Japan clinched a deal just days before punitive tariffs were scheduled to take effect.

“In Mexico there’s a perception that the United States is the villain of our story,” said historian Alejandro Rosas. “That’s the narrative you grow up with, it’s what they teach you in ...