Communist thugs lash out after humiliation in Venezuela The American raid to capture Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro was deeply embarrassing for Red China. The third-world communist thugs had provided much of the military equipment designed to protect Maduro’s regime from foreign intervention. It proved utterly useless against U.S. forces, who snatched Maduro just hours after
Washington — The Supreme Court on Tuesday is set to consider whether states can forbid transgender athletes from competing on girls’ and women’s sports teams, stepping into a high-stakes fight that has been simmering for years. Twenty-seven states have enacted laws that prohibit transgender athletes from participating in girls’ and women’s sports. President Trump signed
Washington — Sen. Elizabeth Warren and President Trump don’t agree on much, but Warren suggests they might be able to work together on capping credit card interest rates and potentially addressing other cost-of-living issues. Mr. Trump has expressed a desire to cap credit card rates, something that Warren, a progressive Democrat from Massachusetts, has long
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during a press briefing at the White House on Jan. 8, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The United States could launch airstrikes on Iran as President Donald Trump has publicly signaled he’s weighing military options against the country’s regime amid days of violence, said the White House on
An election worker sorts submitted ballots at the Multnomah County Elections Office in Portland, Ore., on Nov. 2, 2020. Nathan Howard/Getty Images A federal judge has blocked key parts of President Donald Trump’s election-related executive order in Washington and Oregon, two vote-by-mail states, ruling that the president exceeded his constitutional authority by attempting to dictate
Despite President Trump’s social media pronouncement Sunday that “there will be no more oil or money going to Cuba — zero,” the current U.S. policy is to allow Mexico to continue to provide oil to the island, according to Energy Secretary Chris Wright and another U.S. official. Cuba desperately needs the oil, since Venezuela is
Washington — Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona filed a civil lawsuit against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday seeking to block the Pentagon’s efforts to downgrade his retirement rank and pay, which he claims amounts to unconstitutional retaliation against him. In a 46-page complaint, Kelly, a retired Navy captain, argued that he is the