The Frances Perkins Department of Labor Building is seen in Washington on Aug. 4, 2025. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images President Donald Trump recently nominated E.J. Antoni, chief economist at The Heritage Foundation, to be the next commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, shortly after terminating Erika McEntarfer. Antoni, who has a PhD in economics and
Authority of Law statue at the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Aug. 8, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The Supreme Court on Aug. 12 scheduled oral arguments for the fall in major cases, including a redistricting case that could affect the balance of power in Congress. One newly scheduled case is a challenge to
A worker at the Fulton County Board of Registration and Elections processing absentee ballots at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta on Nov. 2, 2020. John Bazemore/AP Photo Two former Bridgeport, Connecticut, City Council candidates, one from 2021 and the other from 2023, were arraigned on Aug. 12 in connection with the alleged misuse of
President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (L) meet in the Oval Office at the White House on Feb. 28, 2025. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump will hold a virtual meeting on Wednesday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders, a White House official has confirmed to The Epoch Times. Vice President
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) speaks to guests during a campaign stop in Dubuque, Iowa, on March 19, 2019. Scott Olson/Getty Images Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) is pressing the Trump administration to reverse an executive order making English the official language of the United States, saying that it could cut off millions of people from essential
Jared Yanis (L), Benjamin Sanderson (2nd L), Aidan Johnston (2nd R) and Erich Pratt (R) particpate in the federal affairs panel discussion at the Gun Owners of America GOALS conference in Knoxville, Tenn., on Aug. 9, 2025. Michael Clements/The Epoch Times KNOXVILLE, Tenn.—At the Gun Owners of America’s (GOA) second annual Gun Owners Advocacy and
A demonstrator holds a Palestinian flag as hundreds of people rally at George Washington University, in Washington on May 7, 2024. Allison Bailey/Middle East Images/AFP/Getty Images The Department of Justice announced on Aug. 12 that George Washington University violated civil rights by acting “deliberately indifferent to the hostile educational environment for Jewish, American Israeli, and