Taiwan’s top envoy to the U.S. urged the Senate to ease tax burdens between the two countries and asked Congress to fast-track foreign military sales, following a closed-door lunch Wednesday with the House.   Ambassador Alexander Tah-Ray Yui, Taipei’s top representative in Washington, told Fox News Digital that he is encouraged that U.S. leaders recognize the urgent existential threat China poses, but emphasized the need to get weapons into...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has authorized the voluntary departure of U.S. military dependents from locations across the Middle East, a major move as tensions spike across the region. A U.S. defense official told Fox News on Wednesday: “The safety and security of our service members and their families remains our highest priority and U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) is monitoring the developing tension in the Middle East. Secretary...

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt balked at a handful of questions posed by the media during Wednesday’s press briefing regarding the anti-ICE riots that have spiraled in Los Angeles, including remarking that one prompt was “stupid” before quickly moving on.  “Quick question, so if there were peaceful protests on Saturday for the military parade, President Trump would allow that,” one reporter asked Leavitt on Wednesday afternoon.  “Of...