The offices of Meta in Menlo Park, Calif., on July 31, 2025. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times Two Republican Senators on Aug. 14 called for a congressional investigation into Meta Platforms, Facebook’s parent company, after a recent news media report revealed an internal policy document that allowed the company’s chatbots to have “romantic or sensual” conversations
Test engineer Jacob Wilcox pulls his arm out of a glove box used for processing sodium at TerraPower, a company developing and building small nuclear reactors in Everett, Wash., on Jan. 13, 2022. Elaine Thompson/AP Photo The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has identified 11 projects that will receive federal support in advancing “first mover”
The two leaders are set to meet in Alaska on Aug. 15 to discuss a way to end the ongoing Russia–Ukraine conflict. Add to My List Save (Left) President Donald Trump outside the West Wing of the White House on July 16, 2025. (Right) Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow on Aug.
President Donald Trump speaks as Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. looks on during a MAHA (Make America Healthy Again) Commission Event in the White House in Washington, DC, on May 22, 2025. Jim Watson/AFP As anticipation builds about the upcoming Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission Report’s release, 241 MAHA
Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks during a press briefing at the White House in Washington on Aug. 11, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times Attorney General Pam Bondi on Aug. 14 sent demand letters to states, counties, and cities considered sanctuary jurisdictions for their policies limiting or prohibiting cooperation with federal immigration enforcement. “Any sanctuary jurisdiction
The U.S. Department of Justice in Washington on Aug. 7, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The Department of Justice on Aug. 14 charged five high-ranking members of the Mexican Carteles Unidos (United cartels) drug gang. The Treasury Department is also imposing sanctions on the cartel, which it accused of engaging in “violent activities.” In a
Federal and local law enforcement officers investigate a suspect’s vehicle on South Capitol Street in Washington on Aug. 11, 2025. Alex Wong/Getty Images WASHINGTON—A man charged with throwing a sandwich at a federal agent on Aug. 13 was an employee of the Department of Justice (DOJ), according to Attorney General Pam Bondi. The man, whose