President Donald Trump, flanked by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Navy Secretary John Phelan, announces the U.S. Navy’s new Golden Fleet initiative, unveiling a new class of warships, at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., on Dec. 22, 2025. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images President Donald Trump unveiled plans for a new fleet of large
George T. Conway III, then husband of White House Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway, attends the 139th Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on April 17, 2017. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images George Conway, a Trump critic and the ex-husband of former Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway, is running for
Linda Sun arrives at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York in New York City on Nov. 24, 2025. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images NEW YORK—A federal judge in Brooklyn on Dec. 22 declared a mistrial over a Chinese foreign agent case against former New York governor aide Linda Sun, after jurors
The DeepSeek logo, in this illustration taken on Jan. 29, 2025. Dado Ruvic/Reuters Nine lawmakers have sent a letter to Secretary of War Pete Hegseth asking him to add several Chinese technology companies to a list of firms kept by the department for allegedly aiding the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) military. The Dec. 18 letter
A smartphone with a displayed NVIDIA logo is placed on a computer motherboard in this illustration taken March 6, 2023. Dado Ruvic/Illustration/ Reuters File Photo Lawmakers are questioning President Donald Trump’s decision to approve sales of Nvidia H200 chips to China—AI chips more powerful than anything U.S. export controls currently allow to China. Sen. Elizabeth
A polling station in Brown Deer, Wis., on Oct. 22, 2024. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times The Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed lawsuits against Wisconsin, Illinois, Georgia, and the District of Columbia for what it said is a failure to hand over voter rolls to the agency. The DOJ said on Dec. 18 that laws
A school bus in New York on Jan. 15, 2013. Mario Tama/Getty Images The Salmon River Central School District in rural upstate New York is under investigation following allegations that an unruly student was placed in a wooden box. The disciplinary practice allegedly violated state education laws prohibiting the use of restraint and seclusion. The