Trump Tightens Eligibility for SBA Loans, Barring Ownership by Green Card Holders

Immigrants await their turn for green card and citizenship interviews at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office in the Long Island City neighborhood of New York on May 30, 2013. John Moore/Getty Images The Small Business Administration has been willing to finance businesses with small ownership stakes held by green card holders and even

White House Fires Interim US Attorney in New York Hours After Judicial Selection

The U.S. Department of Justice in Washington on Jan. 6, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The White House on Feb. 11 terminated the newly appointed interim U.S. attorney for New York’s Northern District just hours after federal judges chose him to fill the vacancy. Donald T. Kinsella, 79, who served as a longtime federal prosecutor

Early Voting Begins in North Carolina

FILE – Poll workers set up ballot-marking machines at an early in-person voting site at Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College in Marshall, N.C., on Oct. 16, 2024. AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough,File Early voting in North Carolina begins Feb. 12, marking the start of the state’s 2026 midterm elections. At the top of the ballot, the U.S. Senate

First Lady Visits the Children’s Inn for Valentine’s Day Celebration

First Lady Melania Trump participates in arts and crafts with patients ahead of Valentine’s Day at the Children’s Inn at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md., on Feb. 11, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times BETHESDA, Md.—First Lady Melania Trump visited with young patients and their families on Feb. 11 at The Children’s Inn,

Bipartisan Lawmakers Question Drug Makers, Vendors on Price Transparency

Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-Va.) asks questions during a hearing in Washington on May 14, 2020. Greg Nash/Pool/Getty Images Bipartisan House members questioned pharmaceutical industry leaders on Feb. 11, seeking to learn how the complicated drug supply chain may increase the cost of prescription medications. “One of the most frustrating aspects of the supply chain is

Senators Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Break Up Health Care Conglomerates

An emergency sign directs patients to the emergency room at the Kaiser Permanente San Diego Medical Center hospital in San Diego on April 17, 2017. Mike Blake/Reuters Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced the Break Up Big Medicine Act on Feb. 9 to break up large health care conglomerates. The law would

Sens. Kelly, Slotkin Denounce Justice Department for Seeking to Indict Them

U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) speaks with reporters while waiting to catch the Senate subway to the Hart Senate Office Building from the U.S. Capitol in Washington on July 25, 2024. Kent Nishimura/Getty Images WASHINGTON—Sens. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) and Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) denounced the Department of Justice on Feb. 11 for pursuing criminal charges against