State Department Says It’s Denying Visas to Palestinian Officials Ahead of UN General Assembly

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington on May 21, 2025. John McDonnell/Getty Images The Department of State denied visas to Palestinian leaders to attend the U.N. General Assembly in New York City next month and will revoke visas that were previously granted to those individuals. A statement

Google Rebuffs FTC Complaint Regarding ‘Partisan’ Gmail Spam Filters

Google headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., on July 31, 2025. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times Google has denied the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) recent allegations of the tech company’s partisan administration of its Gmail service in favor of Democratic emails over Republican content. On Aug. 28, FTC Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson wrote a letter to Google

Newsom Deploys State Police for Crime Crackdown in California Cities

California Governor Gavin Newsom holds a bill signing event related to redrawing the state’s congressional maps on August 21, 2025 in Sacramento, California. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on Aug. 28 that new California Highway Patrol (CHP) crime suppression teams will be deployed in major cities across the state, expanding a program

Judge Weighs Request to Block Trump’s Firing of Fed Governor Lisa Cook

Lisa Cook testifies during a Senate Banking nominations hearing in Washington on June 21, 2023. Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images WASHINGTON—U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb said on Aug. 29 that she will weigh a request to temporarily block President Donald Trump’s firing of Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, as both sides in the lawsuit consider

Trump Cancels Kamala Harris’s Extended Secret Service Detail

President Donald Trump has terminated former Vice President Kamala Harris’s Secret Service protection. NTD has more on what The Epoch Times has learned from a senior official. The White House has announced that it is canceling $4.9 billion in foreign aid by means of a pocket rescission. U.S. tariff exemptions for low-cost impo… Original News

Judge grapples with Trump’s attempt to remove Lisa Cook as Fed governor

Washington — A federal judge on Friday heard arguments over a bid by Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook to remain in her post despite President Trump’s efforts to remove her because of allegations she made false representations on mortgage agreements several years ago. The two-hour-long hearing before U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb marked the first