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Border Czar Says 62,000 Illegally Smuggled Children Rescued So Far

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White House border czar Tom Homan speaks to reporters at the White House in Washington on April 15, 2025.Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times White House border czar Tom Homan on Sunday said more than 60,000 children who were illegally smuggled into the United States have been located by the Trump administration and some were rescued from

Fine against Southwest for 2022 winter storm cancellations waived by DOT

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The U.S. Department of Transportation is waiving part of a fine assessed against Southwest Airlines after the company canceled thousands of flights during a winter storm in 2022. Under a 2023 settlement reached by the Biden administration, Southwest agreed to a $140 million civil penalty. The government said at the time that the penalty was

Omar: Any link between alleged Somali fraud and terrorism would be a “failure of the FBI”

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Washington — Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar said Sunday that any link between allegations of fraud by members of the Somali community and terrorism would be a “failure of the FBI” amid calls to investigate a series of multimillion-dollar alleged pandemic fraud schemes in Minnesota. During the Biden administration in 2022, federal prosecutors in Minnesota filed

Senior US Diplomats Criticize EU Policies That Hit X With $140 Million Fine

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The logo of social network X displayed on a smartphone in Brussels on Sept. 27, 2024. Nicolas Tucat/AFP via Getty Images U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and several other senior U.S. officials have criticized the European Union’s (EU) internet policies, likening them to censorship, after the governing bloc last week levied Elon Musk’s social

LIVE NOW: Stars Walk the Red Carpet Ahead of 2025 Kennedy Center Honors

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Guests walk the red carpet ahead of the 2025 Kennedy Center Honors, one of the highest accolades in American performing arts, on Dec. 7. President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump are expected to attend the 48th Kennedy Center Honors for lifetime artistic achievements at 6:15 p.m. ET. Recipients include country music … Original