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President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House on May 11, 2026. Jacquelyn Martin /AP Photo President Donald Trump has said he is advising Tehran to make a deal, saying he is losing patience with Iran. “I’m not going to be much more patient,” Trump said in an interview
U.S. President Donald Trump waves from his official vehicle known as “The Beast” as the motorcade drives through Beijing on May 14, 2026. Hector Retamal / AFP Competing narratives emerged from the Beijing summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping, as the two governments issued sharply different accounts of what was
The Treasury Department building at dusk in Washington on June 6, 2019. Patrick Semansky/AP Photo The U.S. federal government has sold 30-year debt at auction at a yield above 5 percent for the first time since 2007. The Treasury Department sold $25 billion of new 30-year bonds on May 13, with the auction yield reaching
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One, on May 15, 2026. White House President Donald Trump said on May 15 that Taiwan was a major topic of discussion during his summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping and said he has not yet decided whether to proceed with a major U.S. arms package
Vice President JD Vance speaks about protecting taxpayers and rooting out fraud during a rally in Bangor, Maine, on May 14, 2026. Travis Gillmore/The Epoch Times BANGOR, Maine–Vice President JD Vance highlighted broad anti-fraud initiatives he is spearheading and endorsed local Republican candidates while headlining a rally held at the Bangor International Airport on May
The U.S. Capitol in Washington on March 16, 2026. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday failed to pass a measure seeking to limit President Donald Trump’s military powers by a razor-thin vote. The chamber tied 212–212 on a war powers resolution introduced by Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.) that would have directed