Editor’s note: This story contains offensive imagery. Washington — President Trump posted to social media late Thursday an election-conspiracy video that includes racist footage depicting former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as apes. The video, which is just over a minute long, promotes false claims that the 2020 presidential election was
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi meets with Omani Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr Albusaidi in Muscat, Oman, on Feb. 6, 2026. (Iranian Foreign Ministry/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/ Handout via Reuters) Iran and the United States began mediated negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear program in Oman on Feb. 6. The Omani Foreign Ministry confirmed in a public
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi meets with Omani Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr Albusaidi in Muscat, Oman, on Feb. 6, 2026. (Iranian Foreign Ministry/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/ Handout via Reuters) President Donald Trump on Feb. 6 said Iran wants to do a deal “very badly.” “We are in no rush,” Trump told reporters aboard Air
At CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, an imposing spy aircraft stands outside the main entrance — a relic from a pivotal era of Cold War intelligence gathering that, in its time, pushed aerospace technology to its limits. But its stationary, terrestrial home amid birds and bugs, instead of at Mach 3 speeds and altitudes of
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during a press briefing at the White House on Feb. 5, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The White House said on Feb. 5 that President Donald Trump has not discussed any “formal plans” to deploy U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents at polling locations during November’s midterm
U.S. President Donald Trump (L) and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer shake hands during a news conference at Chequers near Aylesbury, England, on Sept. 18, 2025. Leon Neal/AP U.S. President Donald Trump said on Feb. 5 he retained the right to “militarily secure” the U.S.–UK Diego Garcia air base in the Chagos Islands, if future
A teacher waves to her students as they get off the bus at a school in Louisville, Ky., on Jan. 24, 2022. Jon Cherry/Getty Images Daniel Gilchrist was constantly picked on in middle school, to the point where fellow students and even employees called him a snitch, said his father, Stephen Gilchrist. Video footage from