NASA’s Orion spacecraft on the Artemis II mission at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida on April 1, 2026. Joel Kowsky/NASA via Getty Images The United States government is increasingly looking to New Zealand as a possible space launch site, as the Pentagon warns that existing infrastructure is struggling to keep pace with an
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth provides updates on military operations in Iran during a press briefing at the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., on March 19, 2026. Win McNamee/Getty Images Secretary Pete Hegseth signed a memorandum Thursday allowing Department of War personnel—specifically uniformed service members—to carry privately owned firearms while off duty on military installations, subject
President Trump speaks about the Iran war from the Cross Hall of the White House on April 1, 2026. Alex Brandon/Pool via Getty Images U.S. forces destroyed sections of a major bridge running near the Iranian capital city of Tehran on April 2, President Donald Trump said. “The biggest bridge in Iran comes tumbling down,
President Trump speaks about the Iran war from the Cross Hall of the White House on April 1, 2026. Alex Brandon/Pool via Getty Images President Donald Trump threatened to strike and destroy more bridges and electric power plants in Iran. “Our Military, the greatest and most powerful (by far!) anywhere in the World, hasn’t even
The US Steel Clairton Plant in Clairton, Pa. on April 8, 2024. Dominic Пwinn /Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday to simplify calculations for steel, aluminum, and copper tariffs and to mitigate efforts to avoid import taxes. The new order defines how the value of metals
Construction is underway on a ballroom being added to the East Wing of the White House in Washington on Nov. 17, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The Trump administration received final approval on April 2 from the National Capital Planning Commission for its ballroom project. The commission approved construction of the building, despite a judge’s
A sales clerk helps a man with his prescription drugs at a pharmacy in New York City on June 18, 2014. The Epoch Times WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump signed executive orders on Thursday raising levies on some medications and refining calculations on steel tariffs. Pharmaceutical drugs produced outside the United States are subject to 100 percent