Arbor Day is a celebration dedicated to the planting of trees. It was first observed on April 10, 1872, when Nebraskan settlers planted an estimated one million trees to populate the barren plains and provide shade, fuel, and building materials for the pioneers. The founder of Arbor Day, J. Sterling Morton, proclaimed, “Other holidays repose
Balloons drop during the last day of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Aug. 22, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times Pressure on the Democratic National Committee and its chair, Ken Martin, from Democratic Party supporters to release the party’s internal review of its 2024 election losses has continued. Progressive group RootsAction, which organized mobile
The Justice Department has accused the SPLC of infiltrating extremist groups with paid informants, adding to years of leadership upheaval at the nonprofit.
The DOJ backs Elon Musk's xAI lawsuit alleging Colorado's AI law forces developers to adopt DEI standards, violating the First and Fourteenth Amendments.
U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff (R) and President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner (L), accompanied by Kremlin economic envoy Kirill Dmitriev, prior to a meeting with Russia’s president at the Kremlin in Moscow on Dec. 2, 2025. Kristina Kormilitsyna/POOL/AFP via Getty Images U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, are
Washington — A federal appeals court on Friday blocked President Trump’s directive suspending access to asylum and other legal protections for migrants unlawfully crossing the southern border. A divided panel of three judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled that federal immigration law does not allow the president
The White House announced that a fresh round of peace talks with Iran are set for this weekend. Find out who’s going and who’s not, and why the President says he’s under no time pressure to make a deal. For the first time in decades, three U.S. aircraft carriers are stationed across the Middle East.