Bees make honey in Dickinson, N.D., in this file photo. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times WASHINGTON—First Lady Melania Trump has expanded the White House’s beekeeping program with the addition of a wooden hive shaped like the famous residence at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, she announced on April 24. The intricately designed hive featuring the building’s iconic columns
Press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during a press briefing at the White House on April 15, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced Friday her temporary departure from the position for maternity leave. Leavitt told reporters it would likely be her last time speaking to them for a while, as
The gold dome of the Georgia Capitol gleams in the sun, in front of the skyline of downtown Atlanta on Aug. 27, 2022. Steve Helber/AP Photo Georgia Democrats spent this week making the case to Democratic National Committee (DNC) leadership that the party’s future runs through the South, as Atlanta became the first of five
South Carolina’s death chamber, including the electric chair (R) and a firing squad chair (L), in Columbia, S.C., in an undated photo. South Carolina Department of Corrections via AP The Department of Justice (DOJ) has authorized firing squads, electrocution, and gassing as a means of execution in federal cases. In a press release on April
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent arrives to testify before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on Capitol Hill in Washington on Feb. 5, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The Treasury Department on Friday sanctioned a Chinese refinery and 40 shipping firms and vessels found to be providing a lifeline to the Iranian oil
Balloons drop during the last day of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Aug. 22, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times Pressure on the Democratic National Committee and its chair, Ken Martin, from Democratic Party supporters to release the party’s internal review of its 2024 election losses has continued. Progressive group RootsAction, which organized mobile
U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff (R) and President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner (L), accompanied by Kremlin economic envoy Kirill Dmitriev, prior to a meeting with Russia’s president at the Kremlin in Moscow on Dec. 2, 2025. Kristina Kormilitsyna/POOL/AFP via Getty Images U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, are