President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with US oil companies executives in the East Room of the White House on Jan. 9, 2026. SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images President Donald Trump announced on Jan. 12 that countries trading with Iran will face a 25 percent tariff. The announcement comes as the Islamic
U.S. Navy Landing Craft Air Cushions unload equipment onto the beach as U.S. Marine Corps V-22 Ospreys and CH-53 Super Stallions fly overhead during the America’s Marines 250 event at Camp Pendleton’s Red Beach in Oceanside, Calif., on Oct. 18, 2025. Mario Tama/Getty Images War Secretary Pete Hegseth on Jan. 12 said President Donald Trump’s
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) gives a speech at the National Press Club in Washington on Jan. 12, 2026. Jackson Richman/The Epoch Times WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) discussed affordability and interest rates in a call on Monday following the senator’s wide-ranging address that morning about economic stances within the Democratic Party. “After
Communist thugs lash out after humiliation in Venezuela The American raid to capture Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro was deeply embarrassing for Red China. The third-world communist thugs had provided much of the military equipment designed to protect Maduro’s regime from foreign intervention. It proved utterly useless against U.S. forces, who snatched Maduro just hours after
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during a press briefing at the White House on Jan. 8, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The United States could launch airstrikes on Iran as President Donald Trump has publicly signaled he’s weighing military options against the country’s regime amid days of violence, said the White House on
An election worker sorts submitted ballots at the Multnomah County Elections Office in Portland, Ore., on Nov. 2, 2020. Nathan Howard/Getty Images A federal judge has blocked key parts of President Donald Trump’s election-related executive order in Washington and Oregon, two vote-by-mail states, ruling that the president exceeded his constitutional authority by attempting to dictate
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) listens during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 25, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) became the second Republican to support a plan to block any Federal Reserve Board nominees proposed by President Donald Trump after the U.S. Department of Justice launched a criminal