Tokyo to Host US-Driven Indo-Pacific Energy Meeting in March

Mount Fuji, Japan’s highest mountain at 3,776 meters, is seen in the background past the Tokyo cityscape on Dec. 8, 2025. Kazuhiro Nogi / AFP via Getty Images Tokyo is set to host the inaugural Indo-Pacific Energy Security Ministerial and Business Forum as part of U.S. President Donald Trump’s energy strategy later this year, the

Trump Admin Moves Ahead With Biden’s 10-Year Deadline for Lead Pipe Replacements

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Washington on Jan. 6, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The Trump administration on Friday affirmed a 10-year deadline for most cities and towns to replace dangerous lead pipes, informing a federal court that it will maintain a major drinking-water overhaul finalized in October 2024 under the Biden administration.   The

Trump Pledges to Lift Tech Curbs on Vietnam, Lam Says

U.S. President Donald Trump gives a speech about the economy at the Coosa Steel Corporation factory in Rome, Ga., on Feb. 19, 2026. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images President Donald Trump committed to removing Vietnam from the list of countries the United States has curated to curtail access to advanced technology, according to Hanoi’s communist

US Military Amasses Strike Capabilities Near Iran—What to Know

An F-35C Lightning II, attached to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 314, prepares to launch from the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) in the Arabian Sea, on Feb. 15, 2026. Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Daniel Kimmelman/ U.S. Navy via DVIDS Over the past month, the U.S. military has amassed dozens

Documents Confirm JPMorgan Closed Trump’s Bank Accounts After Jan. 6 Capitol Breach

A sign outside the headquarters of JP Morgan Chase & Co in New York on Sept. 19, 2013. Mike Segar/File Photo/Reuters New court documents released Friday show JPMorgan Chase told President Donald Trump a month after the January 2021 breach of the U.S. Capitol that the bank was closing his accounts. The disclosure was made