The U.S. Department of Education building in Washington on April 28, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times Federal officials are investigating Portland Public Schools in Oregon for alleged racial discrimination in the district’s Center for Black Student Excellence (CBSE) program, the U.S. Department of Education said on Tuesday. “CBSE’s guiding principles pledge to ‘center Blackness unapologetically’
Rep. Randy Fine (R-Fla.) attends a hearing in Washington on July 22, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times Rep. Randy Fine (R-Fla.) is facing calls for censure or resignation following a controversial social media post that has drawn widespread criticism from Democrats. The controversy began on Feb. 15, when Palestinian American activist Nerdeen Kiswani said in
Four Democratic members of Congress are asking the top internal watchdogs at16 different federal agencies to investigate whether former lobbyists appointed by the Trump administration may have violated ethics rules to benefit their own former clients. Sens. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Andy Kim of New Jersey and Reps. Pat Ryan of New York and
“The Late Show” host Stephen Colbert criticized CBS again on Tuesday night after the network issued a statement about his interview with Texas Democrat James Talarico that didn’t air on broadcast television the night before. “For the lawyers to release this without even talking to me is really surprising. I don’t even know what to
Vice President JD Vance at the White House on Jan. 8, 2026. Kevin Lamarque/Reuters U.S. Vice President JD Vance said on Feb. 17, following mediated talks between Washington and Tehran in Geneva, that Iran was ignoring Washington’s red lines, primarily those related to its nuclear program, which has been a bone of contention in U.S.–Iranian
The U.S. military said Tuesday that it carried out strikes on three boats accused of smuggling drugs in Latin American waters, killing 11 people in one of the deadliest days of the Trump administration’s monthslong campaign against alleged traffickers. The series of strikes conducted Monday brought the death toll to at least 145 people since the
A collapsed sewage pipe spilled hundreds of millions of gallons of wastewater into the Potomac River in January, resulting in an ongoing environmental disaster. Although utility workers have managed to mitigate further leaks, full repairs are expected to take weeks. President Donald Trump responded this week by calling for more decisive action from local leadership.