The Pentagon listed Kasper as a special government employee just days after announcing three other senior defense officials were placed on leave. In an ongoing Pentagon leadership shake-up, Joe Kasper will no longer serve as Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s chief of staff. A senior defense official confirmed with The Epoch Times that Kasper will
The Democratic Primary field to replace Sen. Dick Durbin, who has served in office since 1997, is likely to get more competitive NEW YORK CITY—Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton (D-Ill.) on April 25 entered the 2026 U.S. Senate election, in the Democratic Primary for the race to succeed retiring Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.). Durbin, the
The automatic revocations, some over possible criminal activity, had prompted dozens of lawsuits. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has reversed course on a decision to automatically revoke more than 1,200 student visas, after the State Department said in March that it would use artificial intelligence to review foreign students’ records for criminal activity or
Judge Hannah Dugan faces felony obstruction charges as well as preventing an illegal immigrant from being arrested. Court papers filed in the arrest of Milwaukee Judge Hannah Dugan provided more details about why she was arrested, including an affidavit submitted by an FBI special agent that said she allowed an illegal immigrant to escape through
The Trump administration has encouraged states to submit the waivers amid a push to make America healthy. Four Republican states are urging the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to let them ban soda, energy drinks, and candy from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), a spokesperson confirmed on April 24. The governors of Arkansas, Indiana, Iowa,
From taxes and tariffs to third terms, the wide-ranging discussion saw the president outline his worldview. President Donald Trump discussed geopolitics, trade policy and tariffs, taxes, and the prospects of another term in office during an interview with Time magazine at the White House on April 22. He outlined his vision to Time’s Eric Cortellessa and
Sethuraman Panchanathan has left the scientific research funding agency before the end of his six-year term. Sethuraman Panchanathan, director of the National Science Foundation (NSF), resigned on Thursday after more than five years at the helm of the agency responsible for distributing billions of dollars in scientific research funding. “I believe that I have done