Former Treasury Secretary and Harvard President Larry Summers said Monday he will step back from “public commitments” after messages between him and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were released last week. “I am deeply ashamed of my actions and recognize the pain they have caused. I take full responsibility for my misguided decision to continue
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents form a defensive perimeter near an operations center in Los Angeles on June 8, 2025. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times The U.S. Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against the state of California and its leading officials, alleging that two new state laws represent an unconstitutional overreach into federal law enforcement
People take in a view of the skyline in Seattle, Washington on June 10, 2021. David Ryder/Getty Images Seattle will be led by a democratic socialist after incumbent Bruce Harrell, a Democrat, conceded the city’s mayoral race on Nov. 13 following the counting of final ballots to self-described socialist Katie Wilson. Wilson pulled ahead as
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is briefed on an exhibit of Multi-Domain Autonomous systems by Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Prototyping and Experimentation Alexander Lovett (L) and Under Secretary of Defense (Research & Engineering) Emil Michael (R) at the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., on July 16, 2025. Win McNamee/Getty Images The Pentagon on Nov. 17
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor speaks in the Great Hall of the Supreme Court in Washington on Dec. 18, 2023. Jacquelyn Martin/Pool/Getty Images The U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 14 allowed a judgment to take effect that gives the Republic of the Philippines control over $40 million that the late Filipino leader Ferdinand Marcos held
Under a revised ‘Waters of the United States’ rule, the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington does not qualify for federal oversight because it is an artificial, man-made pond, not a navigable water or connected to a navigable water like the Potomac River in the background. Andrew Leyden/Getty Images The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on
New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks during a news conference, in New York, June 11, 2019. Mary Altaffer/AP Photo New York Attorney General Letitia James said in court papers on Nov. 17 that Trump administration officials had engaged in “outrageous conduct” that should prompt a federal judge to dismiss the indictment alleging she committed