Show host Jimmy Kimmel delivers his opening monologue at the 96th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles on March 10, 2024. Mike Blake/Reuters At the start of his late-night debut in 2003, Jimmy Kimmel fared well in ratings as an apolitical comedian who refrained from controversy, before making a major shift over the years and
A drug cartel vessel burns following a U.S. military strike, the third such strike carried out against a suspected drug boat in recent weeks, in a still from video released on Sept. 19, 2025. President Donald Trump via Truth Social via Reuters U.S. military forces carried out their third strike against an alleged drug-smuggling boat
U.S. Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) speaks at a press conference in Washington, DC, on April 30, 2025. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images Sens. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.) introduced a resolution on Friday aimed at halting U.S. military strikes on drug trafficking operations in the Caribbean, saying the actions were launched without congressional approval. The
President Donald Trump signs an executive order in the Oval Office at the White House on Sept. 19, 2025. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump launched an immigration Gold Card and announced $100,000 fees for H-1B visa applicants, with executive orders he signed in the Oval Office on Sept. 19. He said the orders will
Former national security adviser Mike Waltz, nominated to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, testifies before a Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on July 15, 2025. Ken Cedeno/Reuters WASHINGTON—The Senate confirmed Mike Waltz on Sept. 19 to be U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. The tally was 47–43.
Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., on June 8, 2025. Learner Liu/The Epoch Times The U.S. Department of Education has placed Harvard University under financial stability monitoring, demanding the Ivy League school to post a guarantee that its federal debt will be repaid. On Friday, the Department’s Office of Federal Student Aid announced that Harvard has
A photograph of Charlie Kirk at a memorial outside the headquarters of Turning Point USA in Phoenix on Sept. 16, 2025. Joe Raedle/Getty Images A majority of House Democrats joined their GOP colleagues in supporting a resolution to honor the late conservative influencer Charlie Kirk and condemn his murder while speaking at an event in