Benjamin Caudal delivers a speech on democracy at a Veterans of Foreign Wars event in Texas in 2024. Courtesy of Benjamin Caudal All the reading Isabella Worsnop did on cross-country family road trips—and all the museums and historical sites she visited along the way—paid off. The 14-year-old high school freshman from Marshville, North Carolina, felt
By Emel Akan | March 21, 2026Updated:March 21, 2026 Selena Lambert Ortega, a 24-year-old from Santiago de Cuba, invited her fellow citizens to choose who they believed should be Cuba’s next president, in a Facebook poll posted on Jan. 12. Within hours, the post went viral. Respondents overwhelmingly favored U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio,
By Emel Akan | March 21, 2026Updated:March 21, 2026 Selena Lambert Ortega, a 24-year-old from Santiago de Cuba, invited her fellow citizens to choose who they believed should be Cuba’s next president, in a Facebook poll posted on Jan. 12. Within hours, the post went viral. Respondents overwhelmingly favored U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio,
(Left) Louisville Police Det. Joshua Jaynes. (Right) Sgt. Kyle Meany of the Louisville Metro Police Department testifies in Louisville, Ky., on Feb. 23, 2022. Louisville Police via AP; Timothy D. Easley/Pool via AP Photo The Department of Justice (DOJ) is looking to permanently dismiss the cases against two former Louisville police officers connected to the
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent testifies 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 United States has issued a 30-day sanctions waiver to allow the sale of Iranian crude oil and petroleum products that are currently stranded at sea, U.S.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.), joined by other Senate Republicans, speaks to reporters as the government is on verge of shutdown amid partisan standoff, on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 30, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times WASHINGTON—The Senate will hold a weekend session as it debates the SAVE America Act, a bill that
An aerial view of the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., on Dec. 15, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times A federal judge on March 20 issued an order blocking the Trump administration’s media access policy at the Pentagon after The New York Times sued over the restrictions. The Department of War tightened its rules for the media