First Lady Melania Trump (C) speaks alongside committee Chairman Rep. Jason Smith (R-Mo.) (L) and Rep. Danny Davis (D-Ill.) during a House Ways and Means Committee roundtable discussion on advancing legislation protecting American foster care children, her second major legislative initiative of the second Trump administration, on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 15, 2026.
Deputies arrest Kevin Cichowski in Palm Coast, Fla., on April 10, 2026. Flagler County Sheriff’s Department A Florida man running for governor was arrested April 10 on suspicion of beating his elderly parents and threatening to shoot them after they tried to watch TV without his permission. Kevin Cichowski, 46, of Palm Coast faces eight
A vessel in the Strait of Hormuz, off the coast of Oman’s Musandam Province, on April 12, 2026. Reuters Two Chinese banks recently received letters from the U.S. Treasury threatening secondary sanctions if the agency can prove that Iranian money is flowing through their accounts, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on April 15. The Treasury
A gas station in Los Angeles displays prices of gasoline on March 11, 2026. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says gasoline prices could ease back toward $3 a gallon by September following a sharp increase triggered by the war in Iran. The conflict—now nearing its eighth week—has driven a rapid surge in
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, and National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett hold a Tax Day press conference at 3:45 p.m. ET on April 15, discussing farming priorities and provisions in the Working Families Tax Cuts Act. Original News Source Link – Epoch Times
The House Armed Services Committee holds a hearing on military readiness for fiscal year 2027 at 3:30 p.m. ET on April 15. Witnesses include: • Gen. Christopher C. LaNeve, vice chief of staff of the U.S. Army • Adm. James W. Kilby, vice chief of naval operations of the U.S. Navy • Gen. John Lamontagne,
This courtroom sketch depicts the swearing in of Brian Cole Jr., 30, of Woodbridge, Va., the man accused of planting two pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Republican and Democratic national committees in Washington on Jan. 5, 2021. Presiding in Federal Court in Washington on Dec. 5, 2025, is U.S. Magistrate Moxila Upadhyaya as