China OKs TikTok Transfer Deal Aiming to Protect Americans’ Data, Bessent Says

A TikTok building in Culver City, Calif., on March 17, 2023. Damian Dovarganes/AP Photo China has approved a transfer agreement with the United States for the popular TikTok social media app, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced on Oct. 30. Chinese leader Xi Jinping told U.S. President Donald Trump at the beginning of their meeting

Trump Admin Restores Statue of Confederate General in Washington

People stand around the statue of Confederate Gen. Albert Pike after it was toppled by vandals in Washington on June 19, 2020. Eric Baradat/AFP via Getty Images WASHINGTON—The statue of a Confederate general in the District of Columbia was restored over the weekend, after being toppled and set on fire during the 2020 George Floyd

DNC Chair Ken Martin Rallies Democrats in Final Push Ahead of Key 2025 Races

Democratic National Committee chairman Ken Martin speaks after winning the vote at the DNC’s winter meeting in National Harbor, Md., on Feb. 1, 2025. Rod Lamkey, Jr./AP Photo With less than a week until Election Day, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) is mounting an aggressive final push in New Jersey, Virginia, and Pennsylvania, where party

Democrats Excluded From Congressional Briefing on Boat Strikes, Warner Says

Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) speaks during a hearing with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 4, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times Democrats were kept out of an Oct. 30 congressional briefing concerning recent lethal U.S. strikes on Latin American drug traffickers, according to Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.). Warner,

Trump Admin Cuts Quota for Refugees, Prioritizes Afrikaners

The first group of Afrikaners from South Africa to arrive for resettlement listen to remarks from U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau and U.S. Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Troy Edgar (both out of frame), after they arrived at Washington Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Va., on May 12, 2025. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty

Democratic Governors Call on Government Reopening Amid Looming SNAP Cutoff

A sign alerting customers about Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits is displayed in a grocery store in the New York City borough of Brooklyn on Dec. 5, 2019. Scott Heins/Getty Images Democratic mayors across the country said they are preparing emergency measures to help families at risk of losing food assistance as the federal government

Democratic Mayors Prepare for Looming SNAP Cutoff

A sign alerting customers about Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits is displayed in a grocery store in the New York City borough of Brooklyn on Dec. 5, 2019. Scott Heins/Getty Images Democratic mayors across the country said they are preparing emergency measures to help families at risk of losing food assistance as the federal government