An Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III ICBM launches during an operation test on February 23, 2021, at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. (US Space Force)
A protester flashes victory signs as traffic slows during demonstrations in Hamedan, Iran, on January 1, 2026. The demonstrations erupted after shopkeepers in Tehran’s Grand Bazaar shut their businesses to protest the sharp fall of Iran’s currency and worsening economic conditions. (Getty Images)
President Donald Trump holds up a copy of a 2025 National Trade Estimate Report as he speaks at an event at the White House on April 2, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)
US Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao speaks during a news conference at the US Environmental Protection Agency headquarters in Washington, DC, on September 19, 2019. (ALASTAIR PIKE/AFP via Getty Images)
Katherine Tai delivers remarks after being introduced as U.S. President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee to be the next U.S. Trade Representative at the Queen Theater on December 11, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Security personnel stand guard outside the Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan as members of the WHO team investigating the origins of the COVID-19 coronavirus make a visit to the institute in Wuhan