Smoke billows after an Israeli strike on Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip on June 28, 2025, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas terrorist group. Bashar TALEB/AFP via Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump announced on July 1 that Israel had agreed to the conditions of what would be a 60-day
The American flag flies over a container ship unloading its cargo from Asia at the Port of Long Beach, Calif., on Aug. 1, 2019. Mark Ralston / AFP via Getty Images The Department of Homeland Security said on June 30 that Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has collected more than $106 billion in customs revenue
New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks during a press conference in the Manhattan borough of New York City, on Feb. 16, 2024. David Dee Delgado/Reuters A coalition of 16 Democrat-led states, led by New York Attorney General Letitia James, has filed a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration over the Education Department’s termination of
Swimmers including Penn’s Lia Thomas, lane 4, dive into the water at the start of a qualifying heat of the 200 yard freestyle at the Ivy League Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., on Feb. 18, 2022. Mary Schwalm/AP Photo The transgender swimmer who won an NCAA Division I crown
The U.S. House of Representatives convenes for the first sitting of the 119th Congress in Washington on Jan. 3, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times Democrats are signaling plans to make the One Big Beautiful Bill Act endorsed by President Donald Trump a central focus of their push to reclaim the House of Representatives in the
The inside of a solar power inverter in Dry Lake Valley, Nev., on June 28, 2021. Ethan Miller/Getty Images Senate Republicans on July 1 revised some energy tax provisions in a sweeping domestic policy bill as part of a compromise reached with Senate holdouts to secure their votes for the package. Republicans removed a proposed
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent testifies before the House Ways and Means Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 11, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times The United States and India are “very close” to a trade agreement, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Tuesday. In a July 1 interview with Fox News, he said the