An American Eagle Outfitters store in CambridgeSide shopping mall in Cambridge, Mass., on Aug. 12, 2025. Learner Liu/The Epoch Times U.S. consumers continued opening their wallets this summer as spending at the retail level increased for the second consecutive month, new data show. Retail sales rose by 0.5 percent in July following an upwardly adjusted
President Donald Trump speaks at the Kennedy Center in Washington, on Aug. 13, 2025. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images President Donald Trump has said there’s “a possibility” the United States will join European powers in offering security guarantees to Ukraine—a longstanding demand from Kyiv, which fears that without such assurances, any peace deal with Russia
The FBI and the Metropolitan Police Department conduct a traffic stop near the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Aug. 14, 2025. Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images WASHINGTON—The District of Columbia sued the Trump administration on Aug. 15 over its takeover of the Metropolitan Police Department. “We are suing to block the federal government takeover of D.C. police.
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President Donald Trump boards Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Md., on July 15, 2025. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images ANCHORAGE, Alaska—U.S. President Donald Trump departed Washington early on Aug. 15 for Alaska, where he will hold a high-stakes meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in a bid to end more than three years