Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks with reporters outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington on Oct. 22, 2025. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images The U.S. housing market and other parts of the economy may already be in a recession due to high interest rates, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday, reiterating that the
Suspected human smugglers drive ATVs on the Mexican side of the United States border wall near Jacumba, Calif., on Oct. 31, 2023. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times The United States registered record-high asylum applications during the final year of the Biden administration, accounting for more than half of all filings across developed nations, according to a
President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Feb. 11, 2025. Kevin Lamarque/Reuters President Donald Trump said in a new interview that he believes Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) actions targeting illegal immigrants “haven’t gone far enough” as his administration continues to launch operations across multiple major U.S.
U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to meet with soldiers and servicemen at the USS George Washington at the U.S. Navy’s Yokosuka base in Yokosuka, south of Tokyo, on Oct. 28, 2025. Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo President Donald Trump has said that the United States would end its dependence on China for rare-earth minerals within 18 months
President Donald Trump gestures as he boards Air Force One before traveling to South Korea, at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on Oct. 29, 2025. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images President Donald Trump said the United States would end its dependence on China for rare-earth minerals within 18 months under an “emergency program” to build domestic
President Donald Trump in Washington on Feb. 11, 2025. Kevin Lamarque/Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump described the cease-fire between Israel and Hamas as “very solid” over the weekend, as the terrorist group returned the bodies of three more hostages taken during the Oct. 7, 2023, attack. Trump made the comments during an Oct.31 interview with
Sanae Takaichi, the newly-elected leader of Japan’s ruling party, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), gestures as she leaves the party leader’s office after the LDP leadership election in Tokyo, on Oct. 4, 2025. Yuichi Yamazaki/AP Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said her government wants a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to break