Mifepristone tablets in a Planned Parenthood clinic in Ames, Iowa, on July 18, 2024. Charlie Neibergall/AP Photo Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing Taylor Bruck, a clerk from Ulster County, New York, after he refused to impose a $100,000 fine against a doctor who mailed abortion pills to a patient in Texas. Texas is
Marshall Islands-based Meuse Shipping Inc.’s Palau-flagged tanker Iris transits Bosphorus in Istanbul on July 25, 2024. Yoruk Isik/Reuters WASHINGTON—The U.S. Treasury Department announced fresh sanctions on Wednesday on over 115 Iran-linked individuals, entities, and vessels, in a sign the Trump administration is doubling down on its “maximum pressure” campaign after bombing Tehran’s key nuclear sites
The Senate side of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on July 14, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The U.S. Senate on Aug. 1 passed a so-called “minibus” spending package to fund the government in the upcoming fiscal year, approving a slate of non-controversial spending items. The slate of funding bills includes around $187 billion in
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 20, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times In his department’s latest move related to vaccine-related reform, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Aug. 1 announced more repeals of federal policy that rewarded hospitals
The United States has finalized tariffs on more than 60 countries, which will take effect on Aug. 7. Add to My List Save By Austin Alonzo | August 01, 2025Updated:August 01, 2025 Washington made good on its promise to enact higher tariffs on countries that did not negotiate a new trade deal with the United
The Consilium Institute, a think tank specializing in China issues, holds a webinar at 10 a.m. ET on Aug. 2. Piero Tozzi, director for the Congressional Executive Commission on China (CECC), and Gordon G. Chang, the author of Plan Red: China’s Project to Destroy America, will join a group of pundits on China from the
The Consilium Institute, a think tank specializing in China issues, holds a webinar at 10 a.m. ET on Aug. 2. Piero Tozzi, director for the Congressional Executive Commission on China (CECC), and Gordon G. Chang, the author of Plan Red: China’s Project to Destroy America, will join a group of pundits on China from the