A police speedboat patrols the port as oil tankers and high-speed craft sit anchored near the Strait of Hormuz in Muscat, Oman, on March 30, 2026. Elke Scholiers/Getty Images The White House on Wednesday pushed back sharply against reports that Iran had closed the Strait of Hormuz, with press secretary Karoline Leavitt telling reporters the
(Left) President Donald Trump. (Right) New York Attorney General Letitia James. Brandon Bell; David Dee Delgado/Getty Images President Donald Trump is asking a New York state court to fully dismiss fraud charges brought against him and his business associates by Attorney General Letitia James in 2022. The New York Appellate Division’s First Judicial Department already
Rescue team works at a damaged building in the Barbour neighborhood of Beirut, Lebanon, after an Israeli strike on Hezbollah targets on April 8, 2026. Nael Chahine/Middle East Images via AFP via Getty Images The United States has not agreed to include Lebanon as part of its ceasefire agreement with Iran, U.S. Vice President JD
First Lady Melania Trump at the White House on Feb. 4, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times First Lady Melania Trump celebrated the first conviction under the “Take It Down Act,” a law she strongly advocated for in 2025. “I am proud to have worked with Congress to provide U.S. Attorney Dominick S. Gerace II with
Pages from the Anthropic website and the company’s logos are displayed on a computer screen in New York on Feb. 26, 2026. AP Photo/Patrick Sison A federal appeals court in Washington on April 8 ruled that, pending a full judicial review, the Department of War may designate Anthropic as a supply-chain risk after the artificial
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt addresses the media during a briefing in Washington on April 8, 2026. Travis Gillmore/The Epoch Times WASHINGTON—White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt addressed the situation in Cuba, where the population of nearly 10 million are impacted by rolling blackouts and instability, during a press briefing April 8. She further
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) holds a news conference in Washington on March 19, 2026. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images WASHINGTON—House Democrats will try to place guardrails on the Iran war when the floor is briefly open during a two-week break for Easter. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) detailed his intentions in an April 8