Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks as President Donald Trump looks on, in a file photograph in Washington. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images A coalition of 16 states and the District of Columbia is suing the Trump administration to keep materials they say “recognize and affirm gender identity” in their federally funded K-12 sex education programs.
U.S. President Donald Trump meets Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the Oval Office on Sept. 25, 2025. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump hosted Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the White House on Sept. 25, where the two leaders spoke for more than two hours. Although discussions were held largely
U.S. President Donald Trump meets Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the Oval Office on Sept. 25, 2025. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump hosted Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the White House on Sept. 25, where the two leaders spoke for more than two hours. Although discussions were held largely
WASHINGTON—Congress has until Sept. 30 to pass a stopgap bill to fund the government. Failure to do so means the government will go into shutdown on Wednesday. The White House and Republicans are currently locked in a standoff with Democrats over a stopgap bill that would fund the government through Nov. 21. Democrats have demanded
People sit in silence mourning the two schoolchildren who were killed a day before during the Annunciation Catholic School shooting in Minneapolis, Minn., on Aug. 28, 2025.Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times In the wake of the Aug. 27 tragedy, in which two children were killed and 21 people injured while praying during a back-to-school Mass in
The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on June 25, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to look at whether President Donald Trump’s birthright citizenship executive order is constitutional. A document seeking review of the order was filed with the nation’s highest court late on Sept. 26, Reuters reported.
This photo provided by WOI Local 5 News in September 2025 shows Des Moines schools Superintendent Ian Roberts. WOI Local 5 News via AP Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Sept. 26 arrested a Guyana national who was serving as the superintendent of Iowa’s largest school district despite being an illegal immigrant and facing a