FAA Plans to Hire Nearly 9,000 Air Traffic Controllers by 2028 Amid Nationwide Shortage

The air traffic control tower at Los Angeles International Airport on July 1, 2025. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Aug. 7 unveiled updated plans to hire thousands of air traffic controllers by the end of the year, and nearly 9,000 by 2028, as the agency looks to dig itself out

Texas Governor Aims to Remove Absent Democrats With Emergency Petition to State High Court

Texas Rep. Gene Wu speaks in front of Democratic members of Congress and Texas House Democrats during a news conference, after they left their state to deny Republicans the quorum needed to redraw the state’s 38 congressional districts, at IBEW Local Union 701 in Warrenville, Ill., on Aug. 4, 2025. Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP via Getty Images

Trump Admin Increases Reward for Arrest of Venezuelan President Maduro to $50 Million

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro speaks during a press conference after casting his vote during the presidential elections at Escuela Ecológica Bolivariana Simón Rodríguez in Fuerte Tiuna, Caracas, Venezuela, on July 28, 2024. Jesus Vargas/Getty Images The Trump administration is offering a $50 million reward, double its previous offer, for information leading to the arrest of

Trump Announces Peace Signing Ceremony Between Armenia and Azerbaijan in US-Brokered Deal

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev (R) and Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan pose for a photo prior to their talks in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on July 10, 2025. Azerbaijani Presidential Press Office via AP President Donald Trump will host a signing ceremony at the White House on Aug. 8 for a peace agreement

Trump Admin Asks Supreme Court to Cancel Restrictions on Immigration Stops in Southern California

The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on May 19, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times The Trump administration filed an emergency application with the Supreme Court late on Aug. 7, asking the court to suspend a lower court order restricting immigration stops in Southern California. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) started its operations in the

Trump Names Stephen Miran to Fill Vacant Seat on Federal Reserve Board

Stephen Miran, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, sits on the day he testifies during a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on Feb. 27, 2025. Annabelle Gordon/Reuters President Donald Trump has announced the appointment of Stephen Miran, chairman of