The U.S. Capitol building during the 34th day of the government shutdown in Washington on Nov. 3, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times Over the past six months, Democrats have done something strategists say their own voters had been demanding: they picked a fight and refused to back down. The party held firm through a 43-day
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to hold a press conference at 11 a.m. ET on April 9 to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the VOICE (Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement) Office’s re-launch. ICE Director Todd M. Lyons, joined by “victims of alien crime,” will release the first-year statistics related to the … Original News
A police speedboat patrols the port as oil tankers and high-speed craft sit anchored near the Strait of Hormuz in Muscat, Oman, on March 30, 2026. Elke Scholiers/Getty Images The White House on Wednesday pushed back sharply against reports that Iran had closed the Strait of Hormuz, with press secretary Karoline Leavitt telling reporters the
(Left) President Donald Trump. (Right) New York Attorney General Letitia James. Brandon Bell; David Dee Delgado/Getty Images President Donald Trump is asking a New York state court to fully dismiss fraud charges brought against him and his business associates by Attorney General Letitia James in 2022. The New York Appellate Division’s First Judicial Department already
Rescue team works at a damaged building in the Barbour neighborhood of Beirut, Lebanon, after an Israeli strike on Hezbollah targets on April 8, 2026. Nael Chahine/Middle East Images via AFP via Getty Images The United States has not agreed to include Lebanon as part of its ceasefire agreement with Iran, U.S. Vice President JD
First Lady Melania Trump at the White House on Feb. 4, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times First Lady Melania Trump celebrated the first conviction under the “Take It Down Act,” a law she strongly advocated for in 2025. “I am proud to have worked with Congress to provide U.S. Attorney Dominick S. Gerace II with
Pages from the Anthropic website and the company’s logos are displayed on a computer screen in New York on Feb. 26, 2026. AP Photo/Patrick Sison A federal appeals court in Washington on April 8 ruled that, pending a full judicial review, the Department of War may designate Anthropic as a supply-chain risk after the artificial