Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during an end-of-year press conference in the State Department Press Briefing Room in Washington on Dec. 19, 2025. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images A group of 30 House Democrats has sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio pressing the State Department to end its decades-long policy of
A sign outside the State Department building in Washington on July 11, 2025. Annabelle Gordon/Reuters The Trump administration is preparing visa sanctions on China over Beijing’s slow acceptance of deported nationals, a senior administration official said. The planned move, first reported by Reuters, was confirmed by the State Department to The Epoch Times. We had
WASHINGTON (AP) — Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick appeared Wednesday before a House committee investigating sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, trying to explain to lawmakers his contact with the financier after Epstein’s 2008 conviction for soliciting prostitution from an underage girl. The Cabinet member was the latest powerful political figure to appear before the House Oversight Committee….
Thirteen D.C. police officers placed on leave amid probe into alleged crime statistic manipulation, nearly a year after Trump warned of fake numbers.
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick testified before the House Oversight Committee behind closed doors on Wednesday, where he faced questions about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein and his evolving statements about their history. Democrats on the committee accused Lutnick of being evasive and misleading the public, calling on him to resign over his changing accounts of
President Donald Trump departs the White House on March 20, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday told reporters that the United States will obtain enriched uranium from Iran’s controversial nuclear program amid proposals that have been made to end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. “We’re going to
Virginia Senate President pro tempore Louise Lucas (D-Portsmouth) listens to debate on the state Senate floor in Richmond, Va., on Feb. 17, 2026. Ryan M. Kelly/AP Photo The FBI raided the office of Virginia state Senate Leader L. Louise Lucas in Portsmouth, Virginia, on May 6. Local media Wavy interviewed Lucas’s daughter, who confirmed the