White House Pauses Public Tours Amid Ballroom Construction

The White House in Washington on Aug. 7, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The White House has paused public tours amid construction of the ballroom in the complex. Plans for the ballroom, which will begin construction in September, were announced on July 31. “New tour bookings were paused proactively while a collaborative group of White

DOJ Informs Judge It Will Ask Supreme Court to Quickly Rule on Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order

The Supreme Court in Washington on Dec. 17, 2024. J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday indicated that it would move to quickly ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review the constitutionality of President Donald Trump’s executive order that seeks to terminate birthright citizenship. In a filing with the U.S. District

Appeals Court Removes Boasberg’s Contempt Order in Trump Admin Deportations Case

District Judge James Boasberg, chief judge of the District Court for the District of Columbia, stands for a portrait at E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse in Washington on March 16, 2023. Carolyn Van Houten/The Washington Post via AP An appeals court has removed an order that could have resulted in the Trump administration being found

CPDC Hosts Webinar on Film ‘The Unrestricted War’ and China’s Biowarfare Threat

The Committee on the Present Danger: China (CPDC), a Washington-based think tank, holds a webinar at 1 p.m. ET on Aug. 8 titled “Banned in Beijing: The Movie Xi Doesn’t Want You to See – ‘The Unrestricted War’ Against America.” Moderator: Frank Gaffney, president of the Institute for the American Future, vice chairman of the

Texas AG Asks Illinois Court to Enforce Arrest Warrants Against Democratic Lawmakers

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks with the Jewish Republican Coalition in Las Vegas, Nev., on Sept. 5, 2024. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times Texas Republicans filed a lawsuit on Thursday asking a court in Illinois to enforce arrest warrants for Democrats who left Texas earlier this week in a bid to block the GOP from advancing

Trump-Brokered Armenia–Azerbaijan Peace Deal Secures US Trade Route

President Donald Trump speaks during an event to honor recipients of the Purple Heart in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Aug. 7, 2025. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump will host the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan on Aug. 8 at the White House to sign a joint declaration ending

Armenia and Azerbaijan Sign US-Brokered Peace Deal at White House

President 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 Aug. 8, 2025. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump welcomed the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan on Aug. 8 to the White