Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks during a news conference at the prime minister’s office in Tokyo on Dec. 17, 2025. Kiyoshi Ota/Pool/AFP via Getty Images WASHINGTON—For years, the Chinese regime has been working to isolate Taiwan on the world stage, poaching its allies while leveraging coercive tactics to undermine the island’s international standing. The
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in Washington on Jan. 7, 2026. Alex Wong/Getty Images Four states on Feb. 11 asked a federal court to stop the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) from cutting $600 million in public health funding. The Trump administration has targeted the states—California, Colorado, Illinois, and Minnesota—because of “political
The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Feb. 2, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The U.S. Supreme Court scheduled oral argument in Monsanto’s appeal seeking to block thousands of lawsuits alleging the company failed to warn consumers that Roundup, its popular weedkiller, could cause cancer. The court announced on Feb. 11 that it will hear
Immigrants await their turn for green card and citizenship interviews at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office in the Long Island City neighborhood of New York on May 30, 2013. John Moore/Getty Images The Small Business Administration has been willing to finance businesses with small ownership stakes held by green card holders and even
The U.S. Department of Justice in Washington on Jan. 6, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The White House on Feb. 11 terminated the newly appointed interim U.S. attorney for New York’s Northern District just hours after federal judges chose him to fill the vacancy. Donald T. Kinsella, 79, who served as a longtime federal prosecutor
FILE – Poll workers set up ballot-marking machines at an early in-person voting site at Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College in Marshall, N.C., on Oct. 16, 2024. AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough,File Early voting in North Carolina begins Feb. 12, marking the start of the state’s 2026 midterm elections. At the top of the ballot, the U.S. Senate
First Lady Melania Trump participates in arts and crafts with patients ahead of Valentine’s Day at the Children’s Inn at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md., on Feb. 11, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times BETHESDA, Md.—First Lady Melania Trump visited with young patients and their families on Feb. 11 at The Children’s Inn,