Trump Nominates FEMA Lead Fired From Role a Year Ago

Cam Hamilton, acting administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, testifies before the House Committee on Appropriations subcommittee on Homeland Security oversight hearing of FEMA on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 7, 2025. Jose Luis Magana/AP Photo The White House released a list of nominees on Monday for various positions across the federal government,

Former US Ambassador Urges Trump to Confront China on Religious Persecution

The United States should take a stronger stance against China’s human rights violations and religious repression, according to Sam Brownback, former U.S. ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom. In a recent interview with EpochTV’s “American Thought Leaders,” Brownback compared the nation under the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to “a modern Auschwitz” and called on the

Supreme Court Clears Way for Alabama to Adopt New House Map That Removes Majority-Black District

The U.S. Supreme Court is seen in Washington, D.C., on April 3, 2026. Rahmat Gul/AP Photo The U.S. Supreme Court late on May 11 cleared the way for Alabama to redraw its congressional election map to comply with the court’s landmark ruling limiting the use of race in redistricting. The court’s new decision took the

Group Sues to Stop Trump From Coloring the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool

President Donald Trump and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum have ordered a cleanup of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in preparation for America’s 250th Anniversary in July 2026. National Parks Service A preservation group has filed a lawsuit seeking to stop President Donald Trump’s renovation of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. The Cultural Landscape Foundation filed

Trump Says He’ll Bring Up Jimmy Lai and Jailed Pastor in Meeting With China’s Xi

U.S. President Donald Trump, joined by lawmakers and health care professionals, speaks to reporters during an event in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on May 11, 2026. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images President Donald Trump said on May 11 that he plans to raise the cases of media entrepreneur Jimmy Lai and pastor

Schumer Says Democrats Will Use ‘Every Tool We Have’ Against Republicans’ Reconciliation Bill

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) speaks at a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Jan. 14, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on May 11 laid out the Democratic floor strategy against the Republican reconciliation bill. The measure would fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and