U.S. Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) speaks at a press conference in Washington, DC, on April 30, 2025. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images Sens. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.) introduced a resolution on Friday aimed at halting U.S. military strikes on drug trafficking operations in the Caribbean, saying the actions were launched without congressional approval. The
President Donald Trump signs an executive order in the Oval Office at the White House on Sept. 19, 2025. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump launched an immigration Gold Card and announced $100,000 fees for H-1B visa applicants, with executive orders he signed in the Oval Office on Sept. 19. He said the orders will
Former national security adviser Mike Waltz, nominated to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, testifies before a Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on July 15, 2025. Ken Cedeno/Reuters WASHINGTON—The Senate confirmed Mike Waltz on Sept. 19 to be U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. The tally was 47–43.
Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., on June 8, 2025. Learner Liu/The Epoch Times The U.S. Department of Education has placed Harvard University under financial stability monitoring, demanding the Ivy League school to post a guarantee that its federal debt will be repaid. On Friday, the Department’s Office of Federal Student Aid announced that Harvard has
A photograph of Charlie Kirk at a memorial outside the headquarters of Turning Point USA in Phoenix on Sept. 16, 2025. Joe Raedle/Getty Images A majority of House Democrats joined their GOP colleagues in supporting a resolution to honor the late conservative influencer Charlie Kirk and condemn his murder while speaking at an event in
Blank Social Security checks are run through a printer at the US Treasury printing facility in Philadelphia, Pa., on July 18, 2011. William Thomas Cain/Getty Images A range of options to shore up finances for Social Security are being considered, including the possibility of raising the retirement age, as the program edges closer to insolvency.
President Donald Trump has said China has approved a TikTok deal. Trump will meet Chinese regime leader Xi Jinping later this year. A federal judge on Friday struck down Trump’s $15 billion defamation lawsuit against The New York Times over its content, calling the suit a “decidedly improper” effort to attack an adversary. Tru… Original