The U.S. Navy warship USS Sampson docks at the Amador International Cruise Terminal in Panama City on Sept. 2, 2025. Martin Bernetti/AFP via Getty Images A U.S. strike on an alleged drug smuggling boat from Venezuela has brought a deadly new intensity to the growing pressure campaign around the South American country and its leader,
President Donald Trump greets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House, on Aug. 18, 2025. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump is set to speak with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy via phone on Thursday, a White House official confirmed to The Epoch Times. The call comes as Trump’s two-week deadline for a bilateral meeting
A photo of U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in the Rayburn House Office Building, in Washington on May 21, 2025. John McDonnell/Getty Images Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and Foreign Secretary Juan Ramón de la Fuente on Sept. 3 in Mexico City to formulate a cooperative plan to
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol, on July 21, 2025. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images As Democrats returned to Washington this week after an August recess, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries said Democrats used the time to organize across the country and will seek a bipartisan spending bill
Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser (R), joined by Police Chief Pamela Smith, speaks at a press conference after President Trump announced a federal takeover of the Metropolitan Police Department at the Wilson Building in Washington on Aug. 11, 2025. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images WASHINGTON—Mayor Muriel Bowser signed an order on Sept. 3 extending cooperation between federal law
Harvard banners hang in front of Widener Library during the 374th Harvard Commencement in Harvard Yard in Cambridge, Mass., on May 29, 2025. Rick Friedman/AFP via Getty Images A federal judge has ruled against the Trump administration’s attempt to freeze more than $2 billion of Harvard University’s funding, holding that the government violated the First
The Federal Trade Commission in Washington on Jan. 9, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times Federal government workers are now more than twice as likely as employees nationwide to be working fully on site, following President Donald Trump’s order ending most remote work arrangements, according to a Gallup poll released on Sept. 2. The share of