Zohran Mamdani’s tax on second homes is likely to drive the biggest contributors out of New York (@NYCMayor X) New York City’s socialist mayor, Zohran Mamdani, posed on Manhattan’s Central Park South on Wednesday and gleefully announced his plan to tax pied-à-terres worth over $5 million. In a slickly produced video, he bragged that he’s
President Trump has signed an executive order to ease research restrictions on psychedelics, including the drug ibogaine, which is used in some countries to treat post-traumatic stress disorder. Health officials, including Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and podcaster Joe Rogan joined Mr. Trump in the Oval Office for the signing Saturday.
Construction is underway on a ballroom being added to the East Wing of the White House in Washington, on Nov. 17, 2025. Madalina Kilroy /The Epoch Times A U.S. appeals court on April 17 put on hold a lower court order that had halted construction of the White House ballroom, allowing the project to proceed
The Internal Revenue Service in Washington on Jan. 6, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times Settlement talks are underway between President Donald Trump and the IRS over a $10 billion lawsuit Trump filed against the tax collection agency, according to a federal court filing submitted on April 17 in Miami. Trump’s lawyers asked a U.S. district
President Trump has signed an executive order to ease restrictions on the psychedelic ibogaine, signaling the administration’s willingness to further U.S. research into the drug, which is used in some countries to treat post-traumatic stress disorder. Mr. Trump was joined by health officials including Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and podcaster
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a Turning Point USA event at the Dream City Church in Phoenix, Ariz., on April 17, 2026. Win McNamee/Getty Images PHOENIX—President Donald Trump predicted a Republican sweep in November’s midterms and pledged to press ahead with his “America First” agenda amid chants of “USA! USA!” during a rally in
A map shows the Strait of Hormuz, in this illustration taken on June 22, 2025. Dado Ruvic/Reuters Iran’s military said on April 18 it has reinstated “strict military oversight” over the Strait of Hormuz due to Washington’s ongoing naval blockade of Iranian shipping, signaling an apparent reversal to a brief reopening of the critical global