San Francisco Unified School District teachers and students form a human banner spelling out “Strike” at Ocean Beach in San Francisco on Feb. 11, 2026. Nearly 6,000 educators in the San Francisco Unified School District are on strike for a third day, the city’s first teachers’ strike in almost 50 years, after contract talks have
White House border czar Tom Homan attends a press conference in Minneapolis on Jan. 29, 2026. Shannon Stapleton/Reuters Border czar Tom Homan said on Feb. 15 he doesn’t like that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents wear masks during operations but said that face coverings are necessary for their protection. “I don’t like the masks
A view over the northern Gaza Strip as seen from a position on the Israeli side of the border in Southern Israel on Jan. 16, 2026. Amir Levy/Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump said on Feb. 15 that member states of his Board of Peace will announce a combined pledge of more than $5 billion
The search for the missing mother of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie entered its third week on Sunday as officials confirmed they are testing gloves that were recovered in connection with the case. Nancy Guthrie, 84, disappeared from her Arizona home on Jan. 31, and her disappearance was reported to the authorities by her family
A judge’s ruling that some payments to insurers were illegal set off a cost spiral. Add to My List Save Illustration by The Epoch Times, Getty Images By Lawrence Wilson | February 15, 2026Updated:February 15, 2026 Insurance premiums are just one piece of the health care affordability puzzle for many Americans. Out-of-pocket expenses, which are
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) website is displayed on a phone, in this photo illustration. Oleksii Pydsosonnii/The Epoch Times The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) over the weekend announced that it helped terminate hundreds of contracts in the past month or so, providing the first public update on its work in more than a
Hundreds of demonstrators with flags and umbrellas attend a demonstration of the Iranian opposition on February 14, 2026 at the Theresienwiese fair grounds in Munich, southern Germany, on the sidelines of the 62nd Munich Security Conference (MSC). Photo by Alexandra BEIER / AFP via Getty Images The United States is conducting a second round of