Neil Jacobs, acting administrator for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, speaks at NOAA’s 2019 Hurricane Season Outlook press conference in Arlington, Va., on May 23, 2019. Win McNamee/Getty Images Just days after catastrophic flash floods devastated Central Texas, President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) told the Senate
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a multilateral lunch with African leaders in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington on July 9, 2025. The leaders of Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, and Senegal met with Trump during the luncheon. Win McNamee/Getty Images WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump met with the leaders of five West
Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., on June 8, 2025. Learner Liu/The Epoch Times The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced on Wednesday that it would force Harvard to comply with a request for information about its student visitor and exchange program. The administrative subpoenas follow previous “non-coercive requests” for information about foreign students attending Harvard,
In a still from a video, Dr. Kevin O’Connor, President Joe Biden’s physician, departs a House Oversight Committee hearing on July 9, 2025. US Network Pool/Screenshot via The Epoch Times Biden White House Doctor Kevin O’Connor invoked the Fifth Amendment as he declined to answer questions during his closed-door testimony on July 9 before the
EU Commissioner designate Maros Sefcovic attends his confirmation hearing at the European Parliament in Brussels on Nov. 4, 2024. Nicolas Tucat/AFP via Getty Images The European Union is working to finalize a framework trade agreement with the United States this month as a deadline looms for the reinstatement of tariffs on European goods, the bloc’s
Heavy rains in New Mexico have flooded parts of the state’s south, killing at least three people. Meanwhile, authorities in Texas have confirmed at least 119 deaths across six counties from the recent deadly flooding there. A desperate search continues with more than 160 people still missing in Kerr County alone. NTD has the lat…
U.S. cyclist Greg LeMond after dropping out of the 6th stage of the 81st Tour de France cycling race, between Cherbourg and Rennes, on July 8, 1994. Pascal Pavani/AFP via Getty Images House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) awarded the prestigious Congressional Gold Medal to cycling legend Greg LeMond on July 9. LeMond, 64, was the