The Jefferson Library of Congress in Washington, on March 23, 2023. Richard Moore/The Epoch Times A federal appeals court on Sept. 10 blocked the Trump administration’s attempted removal of a copyright official in the latest of many rulings questioning the president’s authority to fire government officials. Earlier this year, the White House removed Shira Perlmutter
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (L), Russian President Vladimir Putin (C), and Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) arrive for a photo during the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, on Oct. 23, 2024. Maxim Shipenkov/AFP U.S. President Donald Trump on Sept. 9 urged European Union officials to impose tariffs of up to 100 percent on China
(L–R) Associate Justices Amy Coney Barrett, Sonia Sotomayor, Ketanji Brown Jackson, and Elena Kagan pose at a courtesy visit in the Justices Conference Room prior to the investiture ceremony for Jackson as an associate justice, in Washington on Sept. 30, 2022. Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States via Getty Images Supreme Court
Stephen Miran, nominee for the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, testifies before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 4, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times Stephen Miran, head of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, inched one step closer to joining the Federal Reserve Board of
Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) speaks during a meeting of the House Committee on Rules at the US Capitol in Washington on July 12, 2022. Oliver Contreras/AFP via Getty Images WASHINGTON—A bipartisan group of lawmakers from the U.S. House of Representatives will make an official trip to China later this month, led by Democratic U.S. Representative
A still from video footage shows Iryna Zarutska (bottom R) scrolling on her phone before being fatally stabbed on a commuter train in Charlotte, N.C., on Aug. 22, 2025. Charlotte Area Transit System via AP WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump has called for the death penalty in the case of a woman who was fatally stabbed on
People shop at a grocery store in New York City on March 12, 2025. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times U.S. wholesale inflation unexpectedly fell in August, providing assurance that President Donald Trump’s tariffs have yet to result in rocketing price inflation. Last month, the producer price index (PPI)—a measure of prices paid by businesses for goods