Washington — Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Thursday denied that he pressured the ousted director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to preapprove vaccination recommendations from a panel he overhauled before her firing. Susan Monarez was fired from the position less than a month after her Senate confirmation.
Washington — President Trump is hosting a dinner Thursday night at the White House with tech giants and other business and political leaders, but Tesla CEO Elon Musk will not be among those attending. He said on X, “I was invited, but unfortunately could not attend. A representative of mine will be there.” Invited guests include
U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pose for a picture with European leaders following a meeting in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on Aug. 18, 2025. Win McNamee/Getty Images WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump on Thursday pressed European leaders to halt purchases of Russian oil that are funding the war
The attorney general for the District of Columbia announced Thursday that the nation’s capital is suing the Trump administration over the deployment of National Guard troops within the city’s boundaries, alleging the violation amounts to an unconstitutional, “involuntary military occupation.” The suit alleges that President Trump “has run roughshod over a fundamental tenet of American
The hot mic moment of China and Russia’s top leaders musing about immortality through organ transplants speaks to more than their mutual desire to stay in power. It touches on a sensitive topic for the regime—forced organ harvesting—the very mention of which Beijing has striven to erase even in the West. In a country with
Members of the National Guard patrol at a metro stop in Washington on Aug. 25, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times WASHINGTON—The District of Columbia sued the Trump administration on Sept. 4 over its deployment of the National Guard to the nation’s capital. The lawsuit alleges that the deployment violates the district’s semi-sovereign status known as
An AR-15 semi-automatic rifle at a gun shop in Richmond, Va., on Jan. 13, 2020. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times Several residents and a public-interest law firm sued Colorado’s governor and other state officials on Sept. 2 over the requirement for a permit to buy a gun set to begin on Aug. 1, 2026. The plaintiffs