Iranian crude oil tanker, Sevda, sails near Bandare Asaluyah, Iran, on Jan. 27, 2026. Sam/ Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images The U.S. Treasury Department announced on May 11 that it is sanctioning 12 new targets as part of its “Economic Fury” initiative to cripple Iran’s military and economic capacity. “Today, the Department of the
President Donald Trump welcomes college football champions, the Indiana University Hoosiers, to the White House on May 11, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times WASHINGTON—U.S. President Donald Trump is bringing a delegation of business executives when he travels to China for a summit with Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping, White House officials confirmed on Monday.
Cam Hamilton, acting administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, testifies before the House Committee on Appropriations subcommittee on Homeland Security oversight hearing of FEMA on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 7, 2025. Jose Luis Magana/AP Photo The White House released a list of nominees on Monday for various positions across the federal government,
The United States should take a stronger stance against China’s human rights violations and religious repression, according to Sam Brownback, former U.S. ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom. In a recent interview with EpochTV’s “American Thought Leaders,” Brownback compared the nation under the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to “a modern Auschwitz” and called on the
The U.S. Supreme Court is seen in Washington, D.C., on April 3, 2026. Rahmat Gul/AP Photo The U.S. Supreme Court late on May 11 cleared the way for Alabama to redraw its congressional election map to comply with the court’s landmark ruling limiting the use of race in redistricting. The court’s new decision took the
President Donald Trump and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum have ordered a cleanup of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in preparation for America’s 250th Anniversary in July 2026. National Parks Service A preservation group has filed a lawsuit seeking to stop President Donald Trump’s renovation of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. The Cultural Landscape Foundation filed
The Supreme Court in Washington on April 28, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The U.S. Supreme Court on May 11 extended its order allowing a popular abortion pill to continue to be sent in the mail, after a federal appeals court ruling blocked the practice days before. Justice Samuel Alito’s new order extends access to the