U.S. forces patrol the Arabian Sea near the M/V Touska by the Strait of Hormuz on April 20, 2026. Currently, more than 160 million barrels of Iranian crude oil are at sea, and at least 140 million barrels are outside the blockade zone, a market analyst at Vortexa said. U.S. Navy via Getty Images It
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) speaks to media on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 3, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) on Wednesday called Democratic opposition to artificial intelligence and data center construction “lunacy” and “a China-first kind of a policy in our nation,” in the latest in a series of public
U.S. President Donald Trump (R) is greeted by Chinese leader Xi Jinping during a welcome ceremony in Beijing on May 14, 2026. Alex Wong/Getty Images President Donald Trump will meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping for the second day of their summit on May 15, with Iran and Taiwan expected to dominate the agenda. The war
U.S. President Donald Trump boards Air Force One before his departure from Beijing Capital Airport in Beijing on May 15, 2026. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images President Donald Trump has concluded his two-day trip to China, spending the final day engaging in talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the Communist Party’s headquarters in Beijing.
The Louisiana State Capitol building in Baton Rouge, on April 17, 2020. Chris Graythen/Getty Images The Louisiana Senate approved a new U.S. congressional map on May 14. The legislation, which advanced 27–10 along party lines on Thursday afternoon, will redraw one of the Pelican State’s two majority-Democratic U.S. House districts ahead of the midterm elections.
A lab technician performs a DNA extraction to aid in identifying and tracking the hantavirus at the Faculty of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences in Cordoba, Argentina, on May 13, 2026. Diego Lima/AFP via Getty Images Health officials are investigating a potential hantavirus case in Illinois that is not linked to the MV Hondius cruise
Students walk through the campus of Yale University in New Haven, Conn., in a file photograph. Yana Paskova/Getty Images A year-long federal investigation into student admissions practices at Yale School of Medicine determined that the institution intentionally selected black and Hispanic applicants over higher-achieving whites and Asians, the Department of Justice announced today. The department