A ship fires a weapon during drills east of Taiwan, in this screenshot from a video released by the Eastern Theatre Command of China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) on Dec. 29, 2025. Eastern Theatre Command | Via Reuters The U.S. Congress continues to have strong support for Taiwan even as it remains a focal point…
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth takes questions during a press briefing at the Pentagon on May 5, 2026 in Arlington, Virginia. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images The U.S. aims to sustain equilibrium in the Asia-Pacific region and is working toward a situation where its allies are more capable, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said,…
US President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 27, 2026. Kent Nishimura | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Friday morning said he is meeting in the Situation Room “to make a final determination” after listing everything that Iran…
A man views the Rasool al-Adham mosque from the corniche at Sultan Qaboos port in Oman’s capital Muscat on February 5, 2026. Loic Venance | Afp | Getty Images The Trump administration’s threats against Oman, a longtime U.S. ally, have thrown a country known for cultivating a reputation as the “Switzerland of the Middle East”…
CEO of Dell Technologies Michael Dell (L) speaks during a roundtable discussion with U.S. President Donald Trump in the Roosevelt Room at the White House on Dec. 10, 2025 in Washington, DC. Alex Wong | Getty Images Michael Dell bought into President Donald Trump‘s second term early. Now his hardware company Dell Technologies is closing…
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room at the White House, in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 27, 2026. Evan Vucci | Reuters President Donald Trump on Wednesday poured cold water on the prospect of Iran transferring its store of highly enriched uranium to Russia or China as part of…
US President Donald Trump gestures as he speaks to reporters after arriving on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 15, 2026. Alex Wroblewski | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump said Monday he is calling off a plan to attack Iran on Tuesday after the heads of three…
U.S. President Donald Trump, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth behind, speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One on a flight from Dover, Delaware, to Miami, Florida, U.S., March 7, 2026. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters President Donald Trump scooped up shares of artificial intelligence software maker Palantir weeks before he famously lauded the stock, with its…
Boonchai Wedmakawand | Moment | Getty Images Google’s Threat Intelligence Group said in a report on Monday that it thwarted an effort by hackers to use artificial intelligence models to “plan a mass vulnerability exploitation operation.” GTIG said it has “high confidence” that it recorded hackers using an AI model to find and exploit a zero-day…
A huge art work banner newly posted on the corner of Vali Asr Square depicts Iranian missiles with messages addressing Minab schoolgirls and victims of Epstein Island on March 17, 2026 in Tehran, Iran. = Kaveh Kazemi | Getty Images The U.S. is imposing sanctions on companies and individuals across the Middle East and China…
