‘Yield Positions of Power to Those Otherwise Marginalized’: Mamdani’s Cash-Strapped Parks Department Trains Leaders on ‘Becoming Anti-Racist’

The training, which recommends books from Ibram X. Kendi and Robin DiAngelo, encourages supervisors to identify ‘subtle’ slights workers experience ‘due to their group identity’ Zohran Mamdani (Stephanie Keith/Getty Images) The New York City Parks Department, facing a $33 million budget cut and chronic understaffing problems, instructs its supervisors to be “antiracist” activists who police “microaggressions”

DHS Rescinds Policy Requiring Secretary Review of Contracts Above $100,000

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at the Department of Homeland Security in Washington on Feb. 17, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) rescinded a policy Tuesday that required the department secretary to personally approve every contract and grant exceeding $100,000. Secretary Markwayne Mullin issued the reversal across all DHS components,

Democrats Ask Judge to Block Parts of Trump’s Election Order

Election workers process ballots at the Los Angeles County Ballot Processing Center in the City of Industry, Calif., on Nov. 4, 2025. Mario Tama/Getty Images Democrats asked a federal judge Wednesday to block parts of President Donald Trump’s executive order on federal elections. The lawsuit challenges Trump’s directive, signed a day earlier, that will create

Trump says Iran war will wrap up “very shortly,” but warns of more strikes in coming weeks

Washington — President Trump predicted in a prime-time address Wednesday that the U.S. will complete its military mission in Iran “very shortly,” and said U.S. forces have achieved “overwhelming victories,” but he did not offer a definitive timeline as questions swirl about when and how the war could wrap up.  The president, in his roughly

‘We’re Going To Bring Them Back to the Stone Ages’: Trump Says US Will Hit Iranian Regime ‘Extremely Hard’ Over Next 2 to 3 Weeks

The US will ‘hit each and every one of their electric generating plants’ if Tehran does not agree to a deal, president says in primetime address Donald Trump (X/WhiteHouse) The United States is gearing up to strike Iran “extremely hard” over the next two to three weeks, President Donald Trump said in a primetime address