Judge rules construction of Trump’s White House ballroom can continue for now

A federal judge has allowed the Trump administration’s ongoing construction of the White House East Wing to continue for now, finding that a legal challenge brought last year was not comprehensive enough to prove President Trump lacked the authority to renovate the building with private funds and without Congressional action. U.S. District Judge Richard Leon

Comer: ‘Very possible’ Lutnick will be asked to testify on Epstein ties

Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) said Thursday it is “very possible” that Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick could be called to testify before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee in its ongoing probe on the case tied to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “That’s very possible,” Comer told reporters in New York ahead of a…

Trump Administration Calls On US Supreme Court to End Temporary Protections for Syrians

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security in Washington on Feb. 17, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The Trump administration on Feb. 26 urged the U.S. Supreme Court to allow the government to end temporary deportation protections for thousands of Syrian nationals living in the United States. The New York City-based U.S. Court of Appeals for

‘Tax The Jews’: Anti-Capitalist DSA Protest Erupts Into Anti-Semitic Chants

‘Shame on Jews, cancel Israel,’ keffiyeh-clad woman yells during San Francisco disruption A “tax the Jews” chant erupted Wednesday during an anti-capitalist protest in San Francisco organized by the local Democratic Socialists of America chapter. At an event hosted by San Francisco mayor Daniel Lurie, the protesters initially chanted “tax the rich.” As the disruption