A man walks into the Zion church in Beijing on May 21, 2018. Andy Wong/AP A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers is urging President Donald Trump to press for the release of detained Chinese pastor Ezra Jin Mingri ahead of his anticipated May meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. In a March 24 letter, lawmakers
David Sacks, White House AI and crypto czar, attends a meeting of the White House Task Force on Artificial Intelligence (AI) Education in the East Room at the White House in Washington on Sept. 4, 2025. Brian Snyder /Reuters White House artificial intelligence (AI) and crypto czar David Sacks is leaving the role, he said
An Israeli Air Force AH-64 Apache attack helicopter fires rockets along the Israel–Lebanon border on March 18, 2026. Jalaa Marey/AFP via Getty Images Israel has accelerated its air campaign against Iran’s military-industrial base, seeking to inflict maximum damage on weapons production and missile infrastructure as the possibility of a U.S.-brokered cease-fire begins to take shape.
Jonathan Dumke, a senior forensic chemist with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), holds vials of fentanyl pills at a DEA research laboratory in northern Virginia on April 29, 2025. Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo GRAPEVINE, Texas—The Trump administration’s border crackdown is slowing the flow of deadly drugs into the country to the point that cartel profits have
The U.S. Department of Education at the Lyndon B. Johnson building in Washington on April 28, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times The U.S. Department of Education (ED) has announced it will relocate from the Lyndon B. Johnson headquarters building in Washington to a smaller premises in the district, citing savings of up to $4.8 million
Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger delivers her State of the Commonwealth address before a joint session of the Virignia General Assembly at the Capitol in Richmond on Jan. 19, 2026. Steve Helber/AP Photo Virginia is on the verge of joining the list of states that ban so-called assault weapons. The proposed ban is among more than
Spending on autism therapy services is dramatically outpacing overall Medicaid spending, prompting state and federal scrutiny. Add to My List Save By Sylvia Xu | March 27, 2026Updated:March 27, 2026 One in 31 U.S. children has an autism diagnosis. Among Minnesota’s Somali community, that number jumps to one in 12. That discrepancy made headlines last