Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in Washington on Jan. 7, 2026. Alex Wong/Getty Images Four states on Feb. 11 asked a federal court to stop the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) from cutting $600 million in public health funding. The Trump administration has targeted the states—California, Colorado, Illinois, and Minnesota—because of “political
The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Feb. 2, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The U.S. Supreme Court scheduled oral argument in Monsanto’s appeal seeking to block thousands of lawsuits alleging the company failed to warn consumers that Roundup, its popular weedkiller, could cause cancer. The court announced on Feb. 11 that it will hear
The committee chairman, GOP Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, told “CBS Mornings” on Wednesday that there has been “a loss of public trust in ICE and their officials after seeing what’s been going on in Minneapolis,” while citing “fault on both sides.” Outlining what he hopes to hear from witnesses, Paul said, “We want to
The greenhouse gases emitted from sources like cars, trucks and power plants, which are major contributors to climate change, will no longer by regulated by the federal government following an announcement Thursday by President Trump and Lee Zeldin, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency. The administration’s action formally revokes what is known as the
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
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
New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani (D.) tapped as his health czar the founder of a left-wing nonprofit that registered patients in mental hospitals to vote. Mamdani selected Alister Martin on Jan. 31 to lead the city’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Martin, a former emergency room doctor, launched Vot-ER in 2019, a few