At Trump Cabinet Meeting, NTD Reporter Describes Being Mugged, Pistol-Whipped in DC

Iris Tao, a reporter with The Epoch Times’ sister media NTD News, speaks about her mugging at gunpoint after President Donald Trump asked her to share her story during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Aug. 26, 2025. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images At a White House cabinet meeting, a reporter with The

Trump Calls for Death Penalty for Murders in Washington

President Donald Trump participates in a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington on Aug. 26, 2025. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump on Aug. 26 called for the death penalty for anyone who commits murder in the nation’s capital city. “If somebody kills somebody in the capital—Washington,

Fed Governor Lisa Cook to Sue Over Trump’s Decision to Fire Her, Attorney Says

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve member Lisa Cook, speaks during a conversations with leaders from organizations that include nonprofits, small businesses, manufacturing, supply chain management, the hospitality industry, and the housing and education sectors at the Federal Reserve building in Washington on Sept. 23, 2022. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Photo Federal Reserve Governor Lisa

FDA Ramps Up Inspections of Shrimp Amid Radioactive Contamination Reports, RFK Jr. Confirms

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in Washington in a file photograph. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Tuesday that federal health authorities are taking a closer look at shrimp being imported into the United States after the Food and Drug Administration issued warnings about potentially radioactive shrimp that were

HHS Threatens to Cut Funds for 46 States Over Gender Ideology in School Curricula

Newly donated LGBT books are displayed in the library at Nystrom Elementary School in Richmond, Calif., on May 17, 2022. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has ordered 46 U.S. states and territories to remove all educational references to gender ideology from federally funded school grant programs within 60

Trump Asks NTD White House Correspondent to Share Her DC Mugging Story at Cabinet Meeting

During a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Tuesday, President Donald Trump asked NTD White House correspondent Iris Tao to share the story of how she was mugged at gunpoint in broad daylight in Washington two years ago. A federal judge threw out the Trump administration’s lawsuit against Maryland’s federal bench on Tuesday,… Original

Silicon Valley Launches PACs to Resist Strict AI Regulation

A photo illustration of a phone screen with an AI logo, on May 16, 2025. Oleksii Pydsosonnii/The Epoch Times Silicon Valley has launched a new network of Political Action Committees (PACs) and organizations that will support candidates who advocate against strict artificial intelligence (AI) regulations amid calls from some lawmakers to apply guardrails to the