Automakers Pump Brakes on EV Investment as Federal Subsidies Stop

‘EVs will only grow very slowly from here on out due to a saturated market and lack of consumer demand,’ an energy analyst said. Add to My List Save Illustration by The Epoch Times, Shutterstock By Kevin Stocklin | February 14, 2026Updated:February 14, 2026 A few years ago, U.S. auto executives were hailing their conversion

DHS shutdown begins with no deal in sight

Funding for the Department of Homeland Security has ground to a halt in a dispute in Congress over the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. The partial shutdown was impacting the Transportation Security Administration, the Coast Guard and FEMA, among other agencies. Willie James Inman reports. Original CBS News Link

Obama on ICE shootings in Minnesota: “This is not the America we believe in”

Former President Barack Obama spoke out in a recent interview on the recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement shootings in Minnesota that took the lives of Renee Good and Alex Pretti and addressed the state of the country.   Obama sat down with podcast host Brian Tyler Cohen for a wide-ranging interview released on Saturday, providing

Trump insider Tom Barrack kept in contact with Epstein for years, files show

President Trump’s longtime confidant Thomas Barrack, now serving as U.S. ambassador to Turkey and special envoy to Syria, was in regular, close contact with Jeffrey Epstein for years after Epstein’s 2008 conviction for soliciting a minor, a CBS News analysis of over 100 texts and email exchanges from the newly released Justice Department documents shows.

Rubio Says US and Europe ‘Belong Together’, Urges Alignment With Trump’s Vision for Western Revival

Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during the 62nd Munich Security Conference (MSC) in Munich, Germany, on Feb. 14, 2026. Alexandra Beier / POOL / AFP via Getty Images U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told European leaders on Feb. 14 that Washington is not walking away from the transatlantic alliance—but called for a renewed

Whistleblowers Exposing Fraud Can Receive Up to 30 Percent of Fine Amounts: Bessent

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent testifies before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on Capitol Hill in Washington on Feb. 5, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times Whistleblowers who expose fraud involving government funds can get up to 30 percent of the fines imposed on violators, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in a Feb.