The U.S. flag flutters at the U.S. Embassy in Caracas on March 14, 2026, ten days after the restoration of diplomatic relations following the capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro in a U.S. military raid. Maryorin Mendez/AFP via Getty Images The United States has resumed operations at its embassy in Caracas, the State Department announced
Children participate in a U.S. citizenship ceremony at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services district office in New York City on Jan. 29, 2013. John Moore/Getty Images The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has begun accepting asylum claims for certain foreign nationals after earlier halting processing of such claims altogether, the agency announced in
Ender Moreno looks for gold at La Culebra gold mine in El Callao, Bolivar state, southeastern Venezuela, on March 1, 2017. Juan Barreto/AFP/Getty Images The Trump administration March 27 opened Venezuela’s mining to Western companies, lifting some sanctions that kept outside investors from buying and selling the country’s gold and other minerals. The U.S. Department
Ender Moreno looks for gold at La Culebra gold mine in El Callao, Bolivar state, southeastern Venezuela, on March 1, 2017. Juan Barreto/AFP/Getty Images The Trump administration March 27 opened Venezuela’s mining to Western companies, lifting some sanctions that kept outside investors from buying and selling the country’s gold and other minerals. The U.S. Department
Construction crews continue to prepare for new ballroom construction as seen from the newly reopened Washington Monument in Washington on Nov. 14, 2025. Andrew Leyden/Getty Images Progress on the White House ballroom is “ahead of schedule and under budget,” President Donald Trump said on March 29, speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One. “We’re doing very
Delegates listen to Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris’s speech on the last day of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Aug. 22, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times The Democratic National Committee released a 200-plus-page campaign playbook this week that delivers a blunt assessment of the party’s organizing shortcomings in recent years,
President Donald Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House on March 26, 2026. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images President Donald Trump said on March 30 that the United States’ current birthright citizenship policy was created to grant citizenship to freed slaves and their children, not to children born to temporary