Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent testifies before the House Ways and Means Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 11, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is not in the running to replace Jerome Powell as head of the Federal Reserve, President Donald Trump said in a new interview. Trump, speaking in
Semiconductor chips are seen on a circuit board of a computer, on Feb. 25, 2022. REUTERS/Florence Lo/Illustration/File Photo President Donald Trump said he will soon release details of new tariff plans for semiconductors and chips. “We’re going to be announcing on semiconductors and chips, which is a separate category, because we want them made in
President Donald Trump speaks to the media before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on Aug. 1, 2025. MEHMET ESER/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump confirmed on Tuesday that he will sign an executive order this week aimed at penalizing banks he claims have discriminated
Washington — President Trump has suggested in a handful of appearances in recent months and years that he’s looking at ways to run again for president, though the Constitution limits any person to being elected to the office twice. But in his latest comments on the issue, the president downplayed talk of a third term.
Following the dramatic video of an American Airlines flight evacuating on a Denver runway last month, Sen. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois is sending a letter to new FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford demanding answers on evacuation safety. “The FAA needs an evacuation standard that reflects the reality of flying today,” Duckworth told CBS News in a
Little Rock, Ark. — A new Arkansas law requiring public classrooms to display the Ten Commandments cannot be enforced in a handful of the state’s largest school districts where parents brought challenges on the grounds that it violates the separation of church and state, a federal judge ruled Monday. But the ruling by U.S. District
Sao Paulo — A justice on Brazil’s Supreme Court ordered the house arrest Monday of former President Jair Bolsonaro, on trial for allegedly masterminding a coup plot to remain in office despite his defeat in the 2022 election – a case that has gripped the South American country as it faces a trade war with