The tower of the Eastside Cannery Casino and Hotel is demolished by implosion in Las Vegas early on March 5, 2026. The property, which opened in 2008, closed in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and never reopened. Owner Boyd Gaming Corp. plans to sell the land for residential development. Ethan Miller/Getty Images Original
Kari Lake, President Donald Trump’s choice to lead Voice of America, speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference at the Gaylord National Resort Hotel And Convention Center in Oxon Hill, Md., on Feb. 21, 2025. Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images A federal judge ruled March 7 that Kari Lake’s leadership at the U.S. Agency for Global Media
A U.S. soldier holds a drone in the Pentagon parking lot in Arlington, Va., on June 14, 2025. Samuel Corum/Getty Images The Pentagon and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) agreed to conduct an anti-drone “high-energy laser test” in New Mexico over the weekend. The announcement comes a little more than a week after the FAA
A vintage car passes by the U.S. Embassy in Havana, Cuba, on June 15, 2022. Alexandre Meneghini/Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump said March 8 that the Cuban government is negotiating a deal with him and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Speaking at his “Shield of the Americas” gathering of Latin American leaders in Miami, Florida,
An AR-15 semi-automatic rifle at a gun shop in Richmond, Va., on Jan. 13, 2020. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times A group of activists from both sides of the firearms debate developed a package of eight proposed gun policies they believe both sides can accept. The project, Bridge the Divide on Firearm Policy, is led by
President Donald Trump speaks during a visit of the 2025 Major League Soccer Champions – Inter Miami CF at the White House on March 5, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times President Donald Trump signed an executive order on March 6 aimed at combating transnational criminal organizations that are engaged in cybercrime and predatory schemes against
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla speaks in the Oval Office on Sept. 30, 2025, as (L-R) Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Mehmet Oz, and President Donald Trump look on. Win McNamee/Getty Images Sixteen drugmakers have entered into or are negotiating confidential pricing