A federal database built to flag and remove drunk and drugged truckers from U.S. highways used the equivalent of an “honor system” as its last line of defense between a family in a minivan and a substance addict steering an 80,000-pound mass of steel. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) launched its Drug and
The Trump administration’s deep cuts to federal health agencies have become a political liability after a deadly outbreak of hantavirus aboard a cruise ship and the spread of an even more fearsome disease, Ebola, in Africa. At least that’s the way many Democrats see it. They have seized on the situation to charge that the
A U.S. national security agency that metes out sanctions against foreign terrorists and rogue regimes placed a hold in 2022 on investment funds raised by “Squad” member Ilhan Omar’s (D., Minn.) husband and his business partner, the partner claimed in emails later cited in legal filings. The claim of a mysterious hold came while Omar
Washington — Some artists who were announced as performers for what’s being billed as a Great American State Fair amid President Trump’s push for a major American birthday bash this summer in Washington, D.C., dropped out of their appearances shortly after an initial lineup was released. On Wednesday, Freedom 250, a bipartisan nonprofit established to
Residents surround the bodies of people killed the day before during a police raid targeting the Comando Vermelho gang in the Complexo da Penha favela of Rio de Janeiro on Oct. 29, 2025. Silvia Izquierdo/AP Photo The United States on Thursday designated two of Brazil’s most powerful criminal organizations as terrorist groups. Secretary of State
Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin attends the annual Congressional Picnic on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on May 19, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said if states won’t allow local law enforcement to protect Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers, it
The RNC and NRCC filed a lawsuit defending Missouri's new congressional map, claiming Democrats are trying to use courts to rig districts in their favor.