U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth speaks during the Reagan National Defense Forum at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif., on Dec. 6, 2025. Reuters/Jonathan Alcorn The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has temporarily halted a lower court’s decision to halt the Trump administration’s ban on troops with gender
The logo of Nvidia Corp. is seen during the annual Computex computer exhibition in Taipei, Taiwan May 30, 2017. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu/File Photo Several Democratic senators on Dec. 9 opposed President Donald Trump’s approval of Nvidia H200 AI chips for Chinese customers in a joint statement, calling it a “national security failure.” “The H200s are vastly
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) at a hearing at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington on March 25, 2025. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images Republican senators introduced a pair of health care plans aimed at reducing federal spending and driving down the cost of health insurance. The Dec. 8 announcements were made three
Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, at podium, speaks during a news conference in Mineola, N.Y. on March 6, 2024. Philip Marcelo/AP Photo Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman entered the GOP primary for New York governor on Dec. 9, setting up a match with Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.). “Our state is struggling with high taxes, rising
Utah Capitol in Salt Lake City on April 25, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times The Utah Legislature will hold a special session on Dec. 9 to discuss a plan to revise the state’s delimitation of electoral districts for the U.S. House of Representatives. The session was called by Republican Gov. Spencer Cox to address a
The Department of State logo and U.S. flag, in this illustration created on April 23, 2025. Dado Ruvic/Reuters The Trump administration has rescinded 85,000 visas across all categories since President Donald Trump’s inauguration in January, a State Department official said on Dec. 9. The official told The Epoch Times that the revocations, which are more
Washington — A federal judge on Tuesday granted the Justice Department’s request to unseal a “voluminous” set of grand jury transcripts and evidence from a sex trafficking case in New York against Ghislaine Maxwell, a co-conspirator and friend of the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer granted the request after