Protesters confront federal agents and California Army National Guardsmen in Los Angeles on June 8, 2025. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times President Donald Trump confirmed on Sept. 2 that he decided to deploy the National Guard to Chicago to combat crime, but did not specify when that would happen. “Well, we’re going in,” he told reporters.
Washington — Congress returns this week from its August recess staring down a deadline to fund the government and avert a possible shutdown by month’s end. But a handful of other GOP priorities — from cracking down on crime to fast-tracking President Trump’s nominees — have bubbled up in recent weeks, along with lingering tensions
Democratic Rep. Jerry Nadler, the longest-serving New Yorker in the House, will not seek reelection in 2026, stating that there’s a “necessity for generational change in the party.” In an interview published Monday in The New York Times, Nadler said that after watching former President Joe Biden withdraw from the 2024 election following his rough
Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani at the Queens Village Republican Club’s 150th Anniversary Lincoln Dinner in Queens Village, N.Y., on March 2, 2025. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times President Donald Trump said Monday that he would honor former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, which is the nation’s highest
U.S. Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) joins local politicians, transportation and environmental advocates for a news conference outside the Lincoln Tunnel urging the immediate implementation of New York’s Central Business District (CBD) Tolling Program, on April 21, 2023. Spencer Platt/Getty Images Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) has announced he will not seek reelection next year, citing the
Townhouse for sale in Elkridge, Md., on Sept. 27, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times President Donald Trump is thinking about declaring “a national housing emergency in the fall,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said. In a Labor Day interview with the Washington Examiner, Bessent stated that the administration is considering a list of measures to
Nine former directors of the CDC have penned an op-ed for the New York Times condemning Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s decisions as “endangering every American’s health.” It’s part of the continued fallout over the firing of the agency’s director last week. Dr. Céline Gounder has more. Original CBS News Link</a