Justice Department sues public school district over allegedly discriminatory policies
The Justice Department sued Minneapolis Public Schools over alleged racial discrimination against teachers in hiring and layoff decisions.
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State Department Issues Travel Advisory for Popular Tourist Destination
Tourists on the Flic en Flac beach located on the western coast of Mauritius on Nov. 3, 2021. Photo by Laura Morosol/AFP via Getty Images Americans traveling to Mauritius should “exercise increased caution” due to considerable crime risk, the State Department said in a Dec. 8 travel advisory update on the East African island nation.
Farmer Groups Welcome $12 Billion Aid Package
A farmer harvests soybeans in Tallahatchie County, Miss., on Oct. 4, 2025. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times Farmers are celebrating the announcement of $12 billion in assistance for producers impacted by tariffs imposed during U.S. trade disputes with China and other countries. During a roundtable discussion on Dec. 8, President Donald Trump said that the money
Trump Says He’ll Call Leaders of Thailand, Cambodia to Try to Halt Renewed Border Clashes
Soldiers stop for a rest during clashes along the Cambodia–Thailand border in Cambodia’s Siem Reap Province on Dec. 10, 2025. AFP via Getty Images President Donald Trump has vowed to intervene to halt renewed clashes that have shattered the cease-fire he helped secure earlier this year between Thailand and Cambodia, as both sides traded accusations
President Trump in Pennsylvania: America Is Back — and We’re Just Getting Started
President Donald J. Trump returned to Pennsylvania last night, rallying a packed house in Mount Pocono to celebrate the remarkable turnaround his Administration has engineered in just 11 months — halting Biden’s runaway inflation, driving gas prices down, restoring real wage growth for American workers, and delivering the largest tax cuts in history. But President
Trump: ‘Devastating’ If Supreme Court Rules Against Birthright Citizenship Order
President Donald Trump delivers remarks during an event at Mount Airy Casino Resort in Mount Pocono, Pa., on Dec. 9, 2025. Alex Wong/Getty Images President Donald Trump said that it would be “devastating” if the U.S. Supreme Court decided to rule against his January order that blocks automatic birthright citizenship for children born to illegal
Trump’s new H-1B visa fees could leave rural health care as collateral damage
Bekki Holzkamm has been trying to hire a lab technician at a hospital in rural North Dakota since late summer. Not one U.S. citizen has applied. West River Health Services in Hettinger, a town of about 1,000 residents in the southwestern part of the state, has four options, and none is good. The hospital could