Secretary of War Pete Hegseth speaks during a press conference on U.S. military action in Iran, at the Pentagon in Washington, on March 2, 2026. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said Friday that there is no evidence that Iran is laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz. When asked in
The U.S. military has eliminated Iran’s “entire ballistic missile production capacity” in just under two weeks of intensive operations, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth told reporters on Friday, adding that “every company that builds every component of those missiles has been functionally defeated.” “We’re shooting down and destroying what missiles they still have in stock,
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer in Brussels, Belgium, on Nov. 24, 2025. Piroschka van de Wouw/Reuters The United States is hoping for little change in trade with China in the short term, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer signaled on March 13, ahead of his Paris trip for the first cabinet-level sit-down since the Supreme Court
Two Democratic lawmakers are proposing tax overhauls that would eliminate federal income taxes for millions of Americans. The two bills — one backed by Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey, and the other from Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland — are rolling out as Republicans tout the impact of the tax cuts enacted under
Biden-era regulations would have meant ‘fewer operations’ and ‘longer wait times for life-changing procedures,’ Medical Device Manufacturers Association had warned Donald Trump and Lee Zeldin (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) The Trump EPA is moving to rescind Biden-era regulations that cracked down on the health industry’s use of ethylene oxide, a colorless gas used to
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the U.S. has heard Iran talking about placing new mines in the Strait of Hormuz, but he told reporters Friday, “We have no clear evidence of that.” He and Joint Chiefs Chairman Dan Caine briefed reporters at the Pentagon Friday on the latest developments in the war with Iran, as
Mojtaba Khamenei, the second son of Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, visits Hezbollah’s office in Tehran, Iran, on Oct. 1, 2024. Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA/Handout via Reuters U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said on March 13 that Iran’s newly appointed supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, is “wounded and likely disfigured.” “He