Flash flood damage along the banks of the Guadalupe River in Kerrville, Texas, on July 11, 2025. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Several of Kerr County’s top officials were unavailable when floods struck Texas in the early hours on July 4, according to their testimonies at a joint state Senate and House of Representatives hearing on July
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent (L) and Trade Representative Jamieson Greer address a press conference in Rosenbad after the trade talks between the United States and China concluded, in Stockholm, Sweden, on July 29, 2025. Magnus Lejhall/TT News Agency/AFP via Getty Images WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump has secured trade wins in recent weeks, striking deals with several
Logo of global biopharmaceutical company Bristol-Myers Squibb on its building in Le Passage, near Agen, France, on March 29, 2018. Regis Duvignau/Reuters President Donald Trump has told CEOs of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies that he expects them to implement Most Favored Nation drug pricing within 60 days. The president sent letters to 17 drug
The U.S. has reached deals with EU, UK, South Korea, Japan, and others, while countries that haven’t struck deals will be hit with higher tariffs. U.S. President Donald Trump holds up a chart of global tariffs while speaking during a “Make America Wealthy Again” trade announcement event in the Rose Garden at the White House
President Donald Trump (L) greets Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. at the White House on July 22, 2025. Win McNamee/Getty Images A few hours before the long-awaited Aug. 1 deadline, President Donald Trump implemented new tariff regimes for dozens of countries worldwide. The White House introduced a universal tariff of 10 percent for foreign goods
Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley speaks during the 2024 RNC in Milwaukee, Wis., on July 15, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times WASHINGTON—Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley announced his run for the U.S. Senate in North Carolina on July 31. At an event in Gastonia, North Carolina, Whatley said that the election is about
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) attends a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on President Donald Trump’s budget request for the Department of Defense, on Capitol Hill in Washington, on June 11, 2025. Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters A Senate appropriations panel has advanced an $852 billion Pentagon funding bill that includes about $1 billion in aid for Ukraine, which comes