Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell leaves after speaking at a news conference following the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting in Washington on Oct. 29, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times President Donald Trump has said he would fire Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell if he refuses to leave office when his term ends next month.
People work at the scene of a damaged residential building that, according to Iranian authorities, was hit by a strike on March 4 during the U.S.-Israeli military campaign in southeastern Tehran, Iran, on April 14, 2026. Majid Saeedi/Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump said on April 15 that he believes the war in Iran is
Josh Goldman, President, KoBold Metals, speaks on stage during a presentation in the U.S.-Africa Business Forum Deal Room at Walter E. Washington Convention Centre in Washington on Dec. 14, 2022. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images for Prosper Africa KoBold Metals, backed by billionaires Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates, has launched a massive lithium exploration campaign in the
The U.S. Capitol building in Washington on April 13, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The House Rules Committee on April 14 advanced a bill to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), a power that has long drawn bipartisan criticism since its inception in 2008. A measure to reauthorize the controversial power
A plane takes off from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport as Roberto Marquez of Dallas places flowers at a memorial of crosses he erected for the 67 victims of a midair collision between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines jet, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025, in Arlington, Va. AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster The House on April
The U.S. Capitol building in Washington on April 13, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times Senate Republicans are planning a vote as soon as next week on a budget blueprint that would pave the way for a party-line vote to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Senate Majority Leader John
Rep. Eric Swalwell during a news conference on the introduction of the Protection from Abusive Passengers Act at the U.S. Capitol Building, in Washington on April 6, 2022. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Reps. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) and Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) have each formally tendered their resignations from Congress, effective immediately, as both men face accusations of