Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent speaks during a House Financial Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on Feb. 4, 2026. AP Photo/Nathan Howard Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday confirmed that an executive order mandating banks to collect citizenship information on customers is underway. “It’s in process. And I don’t think it’s unreasonable, because,
A home for sale in Austin, Texas, on April 24, 2025. Brandon Bell/Getty Images The United States has a shortage of 10 million homes, a gap that the White House’s newly released 2026 Economic Report of the President attributes in part to government regulations that have increased construction costs. The estimated shortage was calculated by
District Judge James Boasberg, chief judge of the District Court for the District of Columbia, stands for a portrait at E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse in Washington on March 16, 2023. Carolyn Van Houten/The Washington Post via AP An appeals court has put a stop to criminal contempt proceedings initiated by a district judge against
Semi-automatic and fully automatic firearms, including some that were modified using 3D printed parts, at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) National Services Center in Martinsburg, West Virginia, on Sept. 4, 2024. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger wants the Commonwealth’s General Assembly to shore up what she sees
Rep. Michelle Steel (R-Calif.) speaks during a press conference at Union Station in downtown Los Angeles on Feb. 20, 2025. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images President Donald Trump on Monday nominated former Rep. Michelle Steel, among the first Korean American women elected to Congress, as ambassador to South Korea. Her confirmation hearing in the
Vice President JD Vance speaks to the media before boarding Air Force Two to return to Washington after the White House announced he would be leading the U.S. delegation in upcoming peace talks with Iran, from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport in Hungary on April 8, 2026. Jonathan Ernst/Pool via Reuters Vice President JD Vance
President Donald Trump departs the White House on March 20, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times WASHINGTON—Diversity, equity, and inclusion practices negatively impacted the U.S. economy, according to the 2026 White House Economic Report released April 13. Researchers calculated that DEI policies reduced output and lowered the country’s gross domestic product by about $94 billion each