Pentagon mulls speeding process to reinstate troops discharged over Covid vaccine

The Pentagon is considering speeding up the process to bring back ex-service members discharged for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine, sources familiar with the matter told CBS News.  Less than two dozen service members have been reinstated, though hundreds have applied. Sources say Defense Department officials are weighing whether to grant honorable discharges to some people

Missouri’s Republican governor calls special session on redistricting

Republican Gov. Mike Kehoe said Friday that he is calling Missouri lawmakers into a special session to redraw the state’s U.S. House districts as part of a growing national battle between Republicans and Democrats seeking an edge in next year’s congressional elections.  Kehoe made the announcement just hours after Texas GOP Gov. Greg Abbott signed

Kamala Harris Loses Secret Service Protection: What to Know About the Agency

Two U.S. Secret Service special agents look out from the White House rooftop in Washington on April 28, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times President Donald Trump revoked former Vice President Kamala Harris’s Secret Service protection on Aug. 28, a White House official told The Epoch Times. “You are hereby authorized to discontinue any security-related procedures

Appeals Court Rules Most of Trump’s Tariffs Are Illegal

U.S. President Donald Trump holds up a chart of reciprocal tariffs while speaking during a “Make America Wealthy Again” trade announcement event in the Rose Garden at the White House on April 2, 2025. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images A U.S. appeals court ruled Aug. 29 that most of President Donald Trump’s tariffs are illegal, saying that

Feds charge man who burned U.S. flag outside White House

Federal prosecutors in D.C. filed criminal charges against a man who burned an American flag outside of the White House earlier this week, after President Trump signed an executive order ordering the Justice Department to investigate flag burning. Jan Carey, 54, of North Carolina, is facing two misdemeanor criminal counts in Washington, D.C., federal court.

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