NYC Mayor Eric Adams speaks at a press conference at the 34th Street–Herald Square station on March 21, 2025. Oliver Mantyk/Epoch Times New York City Mayor Eric Adams dropped out of this year’s mayoral race on Sept. 28, citing mounting pressure that makes it difficult to continue his campaign. Adams, a Democrat, made the announcement
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) listens as U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) speaks during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on July 22, 2025. Nathan Howard/File Photo/Reuters President Donald Trump is set to meet with the top House and Senate Republican and Democratic leaders on Sept. 29, with
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks as President Donald Trump looks on, in a file photograph in Washington. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images A coalition of 16 states and the District of Columbia is suing the Trump administration to keep materials they say “recognize and affirm gender identity” in their federally funded K-12 sex education programs.
U.S. President Donald Trump meets Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the Oval Office on Sept. 25, 2025. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump hosted Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the White House on Sept. 25, where the two leaders spoke for more than two hours. Although discussions were held largely
U.S. President Donald Trump meets Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the Oval Office on Sept. 25, 2025. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump hosted Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the White House on Sept. 25, where the two leaders spoke for more than two hours. Although discussions were held largely
WASHINGTON—Congress has until Sept. 30 to pass a stopgap bill to fund the government. Failure to do so means the government will go into shutdown on Wednesday. The White House and Republicans are currently locked in a standoff with Democrats over a stopgap bill that would fund the government through Nov. 21. Democrats have demanded
People sit in silence mourning the two schoolchildren who were killed a day before during the Annunciation Catholic School shooting in Minneapolis, Minn., on Aug. 28, 2025.Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times In the wake of the Aug. 27 tragedy, in which two children were killed and 21 people injured while praying during a back-to-school Mass in