Members of the National Guard patrol at a metro stop in Washington on Aug. 25, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times WASHINGTON—The District of Columbia sued the Trump administration on Sept. 4 over its deployment of the National Guard to the nation’s capital. The lawsuit alleges that the deployment violates the district’s semi-sovereign status known as
An AR-15 semi-automatic rifle at a gun shop in Richmond, Va., on Jan. 13, 2020. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times Several residents and a public-interest law firm sued Colorado’s governor and other state officials on Sept. 2 over the requirement for a permit to buy a gun set to begin on Aug. 1, 2026. The plaintiffs
The U.S. military conducts a strike against an alleged drug boat tied to the cartel Tren de Aragua, in a still from video of the strike shared by President Donald Trump on Truth Social on Sept. 2, 2025. @realDonaldTrump via Truth Social President Donald Trump on Sept. 3 sent a warning to Venezuela after the
The Senate Banking Committee holds a hearing on the nomination of Stephen Miran, of New York, as a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors at 10 a.m. ET on Sept. 4. Other nominations include Benjamin Hobbs, of Ohio, and Ronald Kurtz, of Georgia, for assistant secretary of housing and urban development; Chris Pilkerton,…
Vice President J.D. Vance speaks at Mid-City Steel in La Crosse, Wis., on Aug. 28, 2025. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images Vice President JD Vance said the administration has “no immediate plans” to deploy the National Guard to Chicago, after some remarks from President Donald Trump indicating that such a deployment could happen. Vance’s remarks come after
The U.S. Capitol building in Washington on Sept. 2, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The U.S. House of Representatives on Sept. 3 approved the establishment of a new committee to investigate the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. In a 212–208 vote, the House approved a rule that wrapped in the new panel
Shipping containers at the Port of Baltimore in Baltimore on Aug. 7, 2025. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images The Trump administration on Wednesday night filed an urgent appeal with the Supreme Court to rule on a lower court order that struck down most of President Donald Trump’s global tariffs. The U.S. Court of Appeals for