U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on the day he attends a working lunch with EU ministers responsible for trade, in Brussels, Belgium, on Nov. 24, 2025. Piroschka van de Wouw/Reuters The United States has initiated new trade probes into 60 economies to determine whether their trade practices have enabled imports made with forced labor, the
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent attends the 56th annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 20, 2026. Denis Balibouse/Reuters U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on March 12 that Washington could deploy naval escorts for commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz as soon as military conditions allow. In an interview
US President Donald Trump acknowledges the applause of attendees to the Republican Members Issues Conference at Trump National Doral in Miami, Florida, on March 9, 2026. Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump said on March 12 that he believes Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, may still be
The Department of Justice in Washington on March 11, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) swore in 42 new immigration judges on Wednesday, assigning them to courts throughout the country, including in California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, and
A customer waits at the counter of a CVS Pharmacy store in Pasadena, Calif., May 2, 2016. Mario Anzuoni/Reuters Insulet Corporation, a company that makes the most prescribed wearable insulin pump in the United States, has voluntarily recalled some of its pod devices March 12 after finding the items may leak, sending some users to
The Liberian-flagged oil tanker Ice Energy (L) transfers crude oil from the Russian-flagged oil tanker Lana (R) (former Pegas), off the shore of Karystos, on the Island of Evia on May 29, 2022. Angelos Tzortzinis/AFP The U.S. Treasury Department issued a license on March 12 temporarily permitting countries to buy Russian crude oil and petroleum
President Donald Trump gives a child his pen after signing a proclamation for Women’s History Month with First Lady Melania Trump during an event in the East Room of the White House on March 12, 2026 in Washington. Heather Diehl/Getty Images WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump on March 12 addressed the situation in Iran and the recent