Police officers monitor the crime scene area a day after the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk on the campus of Utah Valley University, in Orem, Utah, on Sep. 11, 2025. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump on Sept. 11 said law enforcement had made “big progress” in the search for conservative commentator Charlie Kirk’s
Ben Shapiro, political commentator and editor emeritus for The Daily Wire, speaks in National Harbor, Md., on Feb. 22, 2018. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times Conservative firebrand Ben Shapiro on Sept. 11 disputed rumors about canceling a speaking tour following the assassination of his friend Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University and vowed to continue “telling
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) speaks to reporters at a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 3, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The U.S. Senate on Thursday invoked the “nuclear option” to change the chamber’s rules in order to confirm President Donald Trump’s nominees more quickly. In a party-line 53–47 vote,
Ryan Wesley Routh speaks during an interview at a rally in central Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 27, 2022, in a still from video. AFPTV/AFP via Getty Images FORT PIERCE, Fla.—The trial of Ryan Wesley Routh, who is charged with the Sept. 15, 2024, attempted assassination of then-presidential candidate Donald Trump, has begun in Florida amid
Blank Social Security checks are run through a printer at the U.S. Treasury printing facility in Philadelphia on Feb. 11, 2005. William Thomas Cain/Getty Images The projected cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for Social Security recipients next year will likely be slightly higher than the 2.5 percent COLA that was implemented for 2025’s payments, according to The
Nadine Menendez arrives to a federal courthouse in New York on April 21, 2025. Seth Wenig/AP Photo WASHINGTON—Nadine Menendez, the wife of former Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), was sentenced on Sept. 11 to more than four years in federal prison in a bribery case. U.S. District Judge Sidney H. Stein sentenced her to 54 months
Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick speaks at the Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh on July 15, 2025. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said that foreign governments have been bearing the brunt of U.S. tariffs over 15 percent, with China paying the lion’s share. “China is