A sign for the National Security Agency, U.S. Cyber Command and Central Security Service near the visitor’s entrance to the NSA headquarters in Fort Meade, Md., on Feb. 14, 2018. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images President Donald Trump has nominated Army Lt. Gen. Joshua M. Rudd for promotion to general and to assume the role
Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducts strikes on two alleged drug boats in international waters in the Eastern Pacific. U.S. Southern Command Five male narco-terrorists were killed Thursday when U.S. forces attacked two vessels in the Eastern Pacific, the U.S. Southern Command reported. Three fatalities were in the first vessel and two in the second,
Federal Reserve Board member Christopher Waller speaks in New York City on Nov. 12, 2024. Brendan McDermid/File Photo/Reuters President Donald Trump praised Federal Reserve Board member Christopher Waller after his interview with the candidate for the U.S. central bank’s top job. Trump met with Waller on Dec. 17 as part of the administration’s process to
Ken Martin, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, listens to speakers during a press conference in Aurora, Ill., on Aug. 5, 2025. Scott Olson/Getty Images The Democratic National Committee (DNC) has completed a postmortem of the party’s 2024 election losses but will keep the report confidential, DNC Chair Ken Martin said on Dec. 18. Martin
High voltage power lines run along the electrical power grid in West Palm Beach, Fla., on May 16, 2024. Joe Raedle/Getty Images Federal regulators have directed the nation’s largest regional electricity transmission organization to link, or “co-locate,” data centers and other industrial users with existing or new power-generating plants in order to speed development, trim
The U.S. Capitol at sunset in Washington on Dec. 2, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The U.S. Senate on Thursday evening approved a tranche of 97 of President Donald Trump’s nominees for the executive branch as hundreds more await confirmation. In a 53–43 vote, the Senate gave the green light to the resolution authorizing the
Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket stands on the pad of Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida ahead of its NG-2 mission on Nov. 13, 2025. Courtesy of Blue Origin Within hours of NASA’s latest permanent administrator being officially sworn in, President Donald Trump issued an executive order pushing forward a