U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks at the Citadel Patriot Dinner at the Citadel in Charleston, S.C., on Nov. 6, 2025. Alex Brandon/AFP via Getty Images Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Monday she is recommending a travel ban on countries she says are flooding the United States with criminals and welfare dependents, after
(L-R) President Donald Trump, Attorney General Pam Bondi, and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche speak to reporters in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on June 27, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times News that a “Second Amendment Rights Section” of the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Civil Rights Division is
A military aide holds the Medal of Honor during a presentation ceremony in the East Room of the White House on July 18, 2016. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images President Donald Trump on Monday evening signed a bill into law that would nearly quadruple pensions for Medal of Honor recipients. The Medal of Honor Act,
The Canadian publishing house behind the “Franklin” children’s books appeared to condemn Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Monday, after the top military official posted a cartoon image of the famous anthropomorphic turtle blowing up an apparent drug boat. Hegseth’s post — which shows Franklin shooting a rocket-propelled grenade from a helicopter, with the faux
A 3D-printed oil pump jack is seen in front of the OPEC logo on April 14, 2020. Dado Ruvic/Illustration/Reuters OPEC decided to maintain current production levels into 2026 on fears of a global glut. Oil prices rose over $1 a barrel on Monday after drone attacks by Ukraine, rising tensions between the United States and
Washington — President Trump on Monday afternoon was expected to confer with his top deputies on the next steps for U.S. operations in Venezuela, according to a senior military official and two sources familiar with the upcoming White House meeting. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth were scheduled to attend what
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) speaks at a press conference during the 41st day of the government shutdown, the longest in U.S. history, in Washington on Nov. 10, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times Democrats continued pushing for extending enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) premium tax credits before they expire at the end of December.