The U.S. Department of Education building in Washington on April 28, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times Federal officials are investigating Portland Public Schools in Oregon for alleged racial discrimination in the district’s Center for Black Student Excellence (CBSE) program, the U.S. Department of Education said on Tuesday. “CBSE’s guiding principles pledge to ‘center Blackness unapologetically’
Rep. Randy Fine (R-Fla.) attends a hearing in Washington on July 22, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times Rep. Randy Fine (R-Fla.) is facing calls for censure or resignation following a controversial social media post that has drawn widespread criticism from Democrats. The controversy began on Feb. 15, when Palestinian American activist Nerdeen Kiswani said in
Vice President JD Vance at the White House on Jan. 8, 2026. Kevin Lamarque/Reuters U.S. Vice President JD Vance said on Feb. 17, following mediated talks between Washington and Tehran in Geneva, that Iran was ignoring Washington’s red lines, primarily those related to its nuclear program, which has been a bone of contention in U.S.–Iranian
A collapsed sewage pipe spilled hundreds of millions of gallons of wastewater into the Potomac River in January, resulting in an ongoing environmental disaster. Although utility workers have managed to mitigate further leaks, full repairs are expected to take weeks. President Donald Trump responded this week by calling for more decisive action from local leadership.
A collapsed sewage pipe spilled hundreds of millions of gallons of wastewater into the Potomac River in January, resulting in an ongoing environmental disaster. Although utility workers have managed to mitigate further leaks, full repairs are expected to take weeks. President Donald Trump responded this week by calling for more decisive action from local leadership.
For decades, scientists have looked at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) as an agency that publishes papers, according to Dr. Jay Bhattacharya. Under President Donald Trump’s second term, the emphasis for NIH funding has shifted to “provable, testable hypotheses, not ideological narratives,” he said, which is resulting in widespread reforms to the agency. We
President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace will hold its first official meeting on Feb. 19 in Washington, bringing together more than two dozen nations from around the world in the U.S.-backed plan to rebuild the Gaza Strip after years of war between Israel and terrorist group Hamas. After pledging more than $5 billion toward aid