Rubio’s Italy Visit Will Ease Tensions but Not Necessarily Close the Gap, Analysts Say

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and President Donald Trump leave the White House on March 20, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio landed in Italy on Wednesday for a three-day mission aimed partly at resetting relations with the Holy See and repairing the cooling political bond between the Trump administration

Trump Helps Alabama Teen Get Experimental Cancer Treatment in California

Will Roberts, 15, of Alabama, started treatment for osteosarcoma at Sarcoma Oncology in Santa Monica, Calif., May 5, 2026, after a viral video asking for help from President Donald Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. reached them in time for the teen to get the treatment. Brittney Roberts/Facebook/Screenshot via The

Federal judge finds DOGE’s elimination of humanities grants “unlawful”

Washington — A federal judge ruled Thursday that the Trump administration’s mass elimination of humanities grants to three of the nation’s major scholarly groups was “unlawful” and “unconstitutional.”  In April 2025, the Department of Government and Efficiency, or DOGE, terminated thousands of grants previously approved by Congress from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Among

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Texas Governor Moves to Shut Down Unauthorized ‘American Muslim University’ in Dallas

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks during a news conference in the State Capitol in Austin, Texas, on Aug. 15, 2025. Brandon Bell/Getty Images Texas Gov. Gregg Abbott on Thursday directed his state’s Higher Education Coordinating Board to issue a cease-and-desist order for a Muslim university that he says has zero credentials or permissions for providing

U.S. destroyers face second round of Iranian attacks

Washington — Two U.S. Navy destroyers transiting the Strait of Hormuz came under renewed attack on Thursday, enduring what American officials described as a fiercer and more sustained Iranian assault than the barrage the warships faced only days earlier.  The destroyers USS Truxtun and USS Mason came under an intense Iranian assault as swarms of Iranian