EPA chief Lee Zeldin tells climate skeptics to “celebrate vindication”

The head of the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday defended his decision to repeal the legal determination that serves as the basis for federal rules to slow climate change, telling a gathering of climate change skeptics they should “celebrate vindication.” EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin made the remarks in the keynote address at a conference hosted

LIVE NOW: Helsinki Commission Receives Briefing on Ukrainian-Held Territory in Donetsk

The U.S. Helsinki Commission receives a briefing on the military importance of Ukrainian-held territory in Donetsk at 2 p.m. ET on April 8. Panelists include: • George Barros, director of innovation and open source tradecraft at the Institute for the Study of War • Elina Beketova, democratic resilience program fellow at the C… Original News

Helsinki Commission Receives Briefing on Ukrainian-Held Territory in Donetsk

The U.S. Helsinki Commission receives a briefing on the military importance of Ukrainian-held territory in Donetsk at 2 p.m. ET on April 8. Panelists include: • George Barros, director of innovation and open source tradecraft at the Institute for the Study of War • Elina Beketova, democratic resilience program fellow at the C… Original News

‘America’s Retribution’: Operation Epic Fury Destroyed 80 to 90 Percent of Iran’s Weapons Factories, Air Defenses, Naval Fleet, and Nuclear Infrastructure, Pentagon Says

Operation Epic Fury eliminated 90 percent of Iran’s weapons factories, 80 percent of its air defense systems, 90 percent of its naval fleet, and nearly 80 percent of its nuclear infrastructure, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Dan Caine told reporters a day after President Donald Trump announced a

Fraud Task Force, DOJ Prosecute Half-a-Billion Dollars in Health Care, COVID Schemes

The Department of Justice building in Washington on March 11, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced three separate criminal and civil actions on April 7 seeking to hold two individuals and two companies accountable for schemes to steal more than $500 million from taxpayer-funded programs. The defendants are two companies

Vance praises Hungary’s Orbán, accuses EU of influencing election

Vice President JD Vance suggested that the European Union was interfering with the upcoming Hungarian election, while Vance himself is on a visit to Budapest aimed at boosting strongman Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s chances of winning a tough battle for another term.  Vance said Wednesday that there’d been a “lot of conversation about foreign influence” in

Trump Says US, Iran to Work Together to Dig Up Buried Enriched Uranium

A satellite image shows airstrike craters over the underground centrifuge halls of the Natanz Enrichment Facility, following U.S. airstrikes amid the Iran-Israel conflict, in Natanz County, Iran, on June 22, 2025. Maxar Technologies/Handout via Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump said on April 8 that the United States will work closely with Iran’s new leadership to