Ahead of President Donald Trump’s trip to Beijing this week, a bipartisan group of lawmakers is urging him to confront Chinese leader Xi Jinping about political prisoners in China. The Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC), a bipartisan and bicameral panel, sent a letter to Trump on May 11, urging him to raise the unjust detentions
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, Israel, on March 19, 2026. Ronen Zvulun/Reuters Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on May 10 that he hopes to wean Israel off U.S. military support within a decade. In 2016, under the Obama administration, the United States agreed to give Israel $38 billion in military assistance. The
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks in the Brady Briefing Room at the White House on April 15, 2026. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will meet Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng this week ahead of President Donald Trump’s summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. In a May 10 post on
An election worker tears off ‘I Voted’ stickers during the Virginia redistricting referendum at Fairfax Government Center in Fairfax, Va., on April 21, 2026. AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson Republicans have regained the advantage in the national mid-decade redistricting battle after the Virginia Supreme Court struck down a map that sought to grow the Democratic majority
By Terri Wu | May 11, 2026Updated:May 11, 2026 As the United States ups its economic pressure to force the Iranian regime to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons, Washington’s squeeze on Tehran has extended to Beijing, a major source of support for the Iranian economy through illicit oil trade. Analysts say that’s partly because
President Donald Trump speaks on the South Lawn of the White House on April 28, 2026. Travis Gillmore/The Epoch Times WASHINGTON—U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to return from China with new deals for the United States made during his trip to Beijing on May 14 and 15, according to the White House. During his
Mike Waltz, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. and President of the Security Council for the month of March, speaks during a United Nations Security Council meeting on the conflicts in Iran at the United Nations headquarters in New York City on March 11, 2026. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike