Ilhan Omar vows ‘not to give ICE a single cent’ in heated congressional funding fight
Rep. Ilhan Omar vows to oppose government funding for the ICE budget, threatening a shutdown before the Jan. 30 deadline as Congress debates a spending package.
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U.S. seizes a seventh Venezuelan-linked oil tanker in Caribbean
The United States on Tuesday morning seized another oil tanker linked to Venezuela, U.S. Southern Command said, its seventh such seizure. U.S. forces “apprehended Motor Vessel Sagitta without incident,” U.S. Southern Command, which oversees U.S. military operations in Latin America, said in a social media post. It said the tanker was “operating in defiance of President Trump’s
US Forces Seize 7th Sanctioned Oil Tanker in Caribbean
The U.S. Navy’s Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group, in this file photo. Tajh Payne/US Navy via Getty Images U.S. military forces in the Caribbean seized control of another oil tanker linked to Venezuela as the Trump administration continues efforts to coordinate traffic through the region, the U.S. Southern Command reported on Tuesday. The Motor
Concerns mount over Iranian-American journalist wrongfully detained in Iran
When Abdolreza “Reza” Valizadeh returned to Iran in the spring of 2024, it was the first time he had set foot in his home country in 15 years. The veteran journalist, who had spent more than a decade in exile, traveled to Iran to see and care for his aging parents. Six months later, he
Newsom warns ‘pathetic’ foreign leaders to grow a backbone in bizarre takedown likening Trump to a T.rex
California Governor Gavin Newsom criticized European leaders at Davos for being "complicit" with Trump's Greenland threats and tariffs.
Congress Not Needed to Issue $2,000 Tariff Rebate Checks, Trump Says
The U.S. Capitol building at sunset in Washington on Jan. 12, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times President Donald Trump said on Jan. 20 that he does not need Congress to issue $2,000 tariff rebate checks. “I don’t think we would have to go to the Congress, but we’ll find out,” Trump told reporters one day
Trump Shares Top 3 Accomplishments of First Year Back in Office
President Donald Trump speaks during a press briefing marking the first year of his second term, at the White House on Jan. 20, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump shared his top three accomplishments of his first year back in office in response to a question from The Epoch Times. “I think the