President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump are visiting flood-ravaged areas of Texas on Friday as a dozen states send teams to help in the search for victims. Trump has imposed a 35 percent blanket tariff on Canadian imports. He blamed Ottawa for failing to stop deadly fentanyl smuggling and for targeting U.S. dairy
White House border czar Tom Homan speaks with the media at the White House in Washington on June 30, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times White House border czar Tom Homan said that the United States is aiming to reach deals with several countries to accept deported illegal immigrants whose countries of origin won’t take them
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 25, 2025. Kent Nishimura/Getty Images Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought has criticized Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell in a letter dated July 10 and said he is concerned about the renovation cost for the central bank’s headquarters in
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio gives a media briefing during the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting at the Convention Center in Kuala Lumpur on July 11, 2025. Mandel Ngan /POOL/AFP via Getty Images U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio expressed optimism about the possibility of a meeting between President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov in Moscow on April 12, 2023. The Federal Assembly of The Russian Federation via AP Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov on Thursday downplayed the cooling of relations between Moscow and Washington after the United States threatened a new round of sanctions. When asked during a press conference in
The seal of the United States Department of State in Washington on Jan. 26, 2017. Joshua Roberts/Reuters The State Department will move forward with its reorganization plan following a recent Supreme Court ruling, a department spokesperson said on Thursday. The move comes after the Supreme Court on July 8 lifted a lower court ruling that
President Donald Trump and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meet in the Oval Office of the White House on Feb. 28, 2025. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images President Donald Trump said on July 10 that he has struck a new deal with NATO under which the United States will supply weapons to Ukraine amid its ongoing