New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani signs executive orders while accompanied by his campaign volunteers during a press conference at Grand Army Plaza in the Brooklyn borough of New York City on Jan. 2, 2026. Jeenah Moon/Reuters New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Friday defended his decision to rescind a dozen executive orders issued
US President Donald Trump, alongside (L/R), CIA Director John Ratcliffe, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, speaks to the press following US military actions in Venezuela, at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida, on January 3, 2025. President Trump said Saturday that US forces had captured Venezuelan leader Nicolas
U.S. special operations forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Adela Flores de Maduro, in an overnight operation on Jan. 3, and flew them out of the country to face criminal charges in the United States. “The United States of America has successfully carried out a large-scale strike against Venezuela and its
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) website is displayed on a phone, in this photo illustration. Oleksii Pydsosonnii/The Epoch Times Over the past three days, federal agencies have terminated and descoped 55 “wasteful” contracts with a ceiling value of $1.6 billion, resulting in savings of $542 million, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) said in
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks to the media after a telephone call with U.S. President Donald Trump, at her official residence in Tokyo on Nov. 25, 2025. Issei Kato/Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump has invited Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to visit the United States this spring, as the two agree to deepen bilateral
The Trump administration kicked off 2026 by gearing up to regulate dozens of ways that phthalate chemicals are used in America. Phthalates are common chemicals used to make plastics more flexible, but they pose risks that have health experts sounding the alarm. We had a problem loading this article. Please enable javascript or use a
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in the White House Oval Office in Washington on April 9, 2025. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images While much national attention in the 2026 midterms will be on the top prize—control of Congress—a series of gubernatorial races will also be held across the country. In the House—and increasingly the Senate—Democrats have seen favorable