Caption
Bucket-wheel excavators mine rare earth materials on Ukrainian soil on February 25, 2025, in the Zhytomyr region of Ukraine. (Kostiantyn Liberov via Getty Images)
Americas
Americas
Header image
Caption
The Beaches Recreation Centre in the Canadian Federal Election in Toronto, April 21, 2025. (Steve Russell/Toronto Star via Getty Images)
Caption
(Fox News Screenshot)
Caption
President Barack Obama holds a copy of the Iran nuclear agreement presented to him by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi during the House Democratic Issues Conference on January 28, 2016, in Baltimore, Maryland. (Brendan Smialowski via Getty Images)
Caption
President Donald Trump speaks during an executive order signing in the Oval Office at the White House on February 11, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
Caption
Members of the Peace Commission pose on either side of a Native American woman, wrapped in a blanket, during negotiations for the Treaty of Fort Laramie, at Fort Laramie, Wyoming, in 1868. (Alexander Gardner via Getty Images)
Caption
Clinical support technician extracts viruses from swab samples in the coronavirus testing laboratory at Glasgow Royal Infirmary, on February 19, 2020, in Glasgow, Scotland. (Getty Images)
Caption
(What Really Matters logo)
Caption
President Donald Trump shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a meeting in the Oval Office on April 7, 2025. (Getty Images)
Caption
The guided-missile destroyer USS Carney launches land attack missiles on February 3, 2024. (US Navy)
Caption
Artist David Hammon's African American Flag is exhibited at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, April 4, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)
Caption
The P4 laboratory, on the campus of the Wuhan Institute of Virology, in Wuhan, in China's central Hubei province. (Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images)
Caption
A photograph of President Donald Trump sits on a desk as traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange at the opening bell on April 8, 2025, in New York City. (Getty Images)
Experts
Daniel Batlle
Adjunct Fellow
Elaine L. Chao
Distinguished Fellow
David W. Murray
Senior Fellow
