President Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson walk in the U.S. Capitol building in Washington on March 17, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) announced a long-awaited plan that would fully fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and end the historic partial
The State Department announced Wednesday that it is modifying the Foreign Service Officer Test to reflect the foreign policy goals of the Trump administration and meet “the challenges of the 21st century.” Under the new guidance, the exam is now revised to emphasize “merit in the selection process” by eliminating questions “intended to test alignment
By Emel Akan | April 01, 2026Updated:April 01, 2026 Alina Fernández Revuelta, daughter of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro, has strongly criticized the communist regime her father launched in 1959, stating that Cuba is overdue for a new government. She fled Havana in 1993 at the age of 37 and settled in Miami, living a
Washington — Republican leaders in Congress and President Trump unveiled a plan Wednesday to end the partial government shutdown and fully fund the Department of Homeland Security, mirroring a framework that the Senate pursued last week before it was quickly batted down by House Republicans. House GOP leadership spent all day last Friday criticizing Senate
Washington — President Trump is delivering a prime-time address to update the nation on the war in Iran Wednesday night, as he predicts the operation will continue for a few more weeks and threatens to withdraw the U.S. from NATO. Thirty-three days into Operation Epic Fury, the U.S. is already well within the four-to-six-week timeline that
The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals building in San Francisco on June 12, 2017. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday halted a federal judge’s nationwide rulings that blocked the Trump administration from holding people without bond in its efforts to deport illegal immigrants, limiting the lower court order to only part
The Internal Revenue Service in Washington on Jan. 6, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times A federal judge declined on March 31 to hear a settlement pact that sought to allow churches to endorse political candidates without losing their tax-exempt status. U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Judge John Campbell Barker ruled he