Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks at an event with his supporters during the Texas Senate Primary in Magnolia, Texas on, on Feb. 19, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced on April 30 an expansion of an H-1B visa fraud probe to include almost 30 North Texas businesses. In a
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Thursday that the U.S. is “not at war” with Iran, as the 60-day mark since the conflict began approaches. “I don’t think we have an active, kinetic military bombing, firing or anything like that. Right now, we are trying to broker a peace,” Johnson told NBC News in the…
Washington — The longest shutdown of a federal department in U.S. history came to an end on Thursday when President Trump signed a bill to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security following a breakthrough on Capitol Hill. The House unanimously approved a Senate-passed bill to fund most of DHS earlier in the day,
Vice President JD Vance speaks as administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Mehmet Oz listens at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building of the White House on Feb. 25, 2026. Alex Wong/Getty Images The Justice Department has created a West Coast Health Care Fraud Strike Force targeting health care fraud in Arizona, Nevada,
Trump administration officials were on the first nonstop commercial flight between the U.S. and Venezuela in seven years when it took off Thursday from Miami, bound for Caracas. National Energy Dominance Council’s Jarrod Agen led the U.S. team, and Venezuela’s newly appointed Ambassador to the U.S., Félix Plasencia, was also on board the American Airlines
Trump administration officials were on the first nonstop commercial flight between the U.S. and Venezuela in seven years when it took off Thursday from Miami, bound for Caracas. National Energy Dominance Council’s Jarrod Agen led the U.S. team, and Venezuela’s newly appointed Ambassador to the U.S., Félix Plasencia, was also on board the American Airlines
The Supreme Court’s decision striking down a majority-black Louisiana congressional district as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander is sending Democrats into paroxysms of hyperbole, with politicians competing to use the most extreme language to denounce the decision and the court that issued it, and to offer the most catastrophically dire description about its consequences. President Trump