President Donald Trump speaks during a press briefing at the White House in Washington on Aug. 11, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump announced on Aug. 11 that he will activate hundreds of National Guard troops to be in the nation’s capital to deal with the issue of crime. “This is Liberation Day
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott takes a question from a reporter outside the West Wing after meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington on Feb. 5, 2025. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says he’ll continue to call special sessions of the Texas Legislature “for literally years” until Texas Democrats
A homeless man settles in for the evening at a subway stop near the White House in Washington on Dec. 4, 2007. Paul Richards/AFP via Getty Images President Donald Trump on Aug. 10 suggested removing homeless people from Washington to make the nation’s capital “safer and more beautiful than it ever was before.” In a
A homeless man settles in for the evening at a subway stop near the White House in Washington, DC, on Dec. 4, 2007. Paul Richards/AFP via Getty Images President Donald Trump on Aug. 10 suggested removing homeless people from Washington to make the nation’s capital “safer and more beautiful than it ever was before.” In
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy holds a joint press conference during the Ukraine Recovery Conference 2025 (URC2025) at Roma Convention Center La Nuvola in Rome, Italy, on July 10, 2025. Antonio Masiello/Getty Images U.S. Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker said that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy could attend the forthcoming meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and
resident Donald Trump (C), Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev (L), and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan (R) hold up an agreement signed during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House on August 8, 2025. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images Armenia and Azerbaijan on Aug. 8 signed a U.S.-backed joint declaration aimed at ending decades of
U.S. Vice President JD Vance speaks during a meeting with British Foreign Secretary David Lammy at Chevening House in Sevenoaks, Kent, Britain, on Aug. 8, 2025. Kin Cheung/Pool via Reuters/File Photo Vice President JD Vance said on Aug. 10 that the Trump administration is working to arrange talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian