The White House on March 20, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times WASHINGTON—As recent geopolitical events shake financial markets, some traders are making risky bets to profit from the volatility. In an email on March 24, the White House warned staff not to trade or place bets related to the U.S. war in Iran, including on
Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil holds a news conference outside Federal Court in Philadelphia on Oct. 21, 2025. Matt Rourke/AP Photo An immigration appeals board on April 9 denied Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil’s final appeal seeking to keep him from being deported from the United States. The former Columbia University student and leader of pro-Palestinian protests is
Tankers sail in the Gulf, near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from northern Ras al-Khaimah, near the border with Oman’s Musandam governance, amid the U.S.–Israeli conflict with Iran, in United Arab Emirates, on March 11, 2026. Reuters President Donald Trump on Friday said that the Iranian regime has very few negotiating options ahead of
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer (R) listens as U.S. President Donald Trump (L) speaks during a press conference at Chequers, near Aylesbury, England, on Sept. 18, 2025. Kevin Lamarque/Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump spoke to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on April 9 about the need to come up with a “viable plan” to get
NASA’s Artemis II, the first crewed mission of the Artemis program, launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on its way to the moon on April 1. The mission sent NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen on an approximately 10-day journey around the moon. … Original
NASA’s Artemis II, the first crewed mission of the Artemis program, launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on its way to the moon on April 1. The mission sent NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen on an approximately 10-day journey around the moon. … Original
Protesters against Trump’s order to restrict birthright citizenship demonstrate outside the Supreme Court in Washington on April 1, 2026. Stacy Robinson/The Epoch Times The Supreme Court heard arguments earlier this month over President Donald Trump’s order restricting birthright citizenship, teeing up a decision that could have far-reaching economic implications. Trump issued an executive order last