Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee in Washington on Jan. 31, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) plans to appeal a federal court’s decision that Meta does not hold a monopoly, the agency announced on Jan. 20. “The FTC continues to allege, and robust evidence
The Justice Department served subpoenas to the offices of multiple Democratic officials in Minnesota, including Gov. Tim Walz, Attorney General Keith Ellison and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, in connection with a probe into an alleged conspiracy to impede federal immigration officers, three sources familiar with the matter told CBS News. Nicole Sganga reports. Original CBS
President Donald Trump speaks during the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations headquarters in New York City on Sept. 23, 2025. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images President Donald Trump on Jan. 20 said the Board of Peace he has prepared as part of his Gaza peace process could end up replacing
The United States on Tuesday morning seized another oil tanker linked to Venezuela, U.S. Southern Command said, its seventh such seizure. U.S. forces “apprehended Motor Vessel Sagitta without incident,” U.S. Southern Command, which oversees U.S. military operations in Latin America, said in a social media post. It said the tanker was “operating in defiance of President Trump’s
The U.S. Navy’s Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group, in this file photo. Tajh Payne/US Navy via Getty Images U.S. military forces in the Caribbean seized control of another oil tanker linked to Venezuela as the Trump administration continues efforts to coordinate traffic through the region, the U.S. Southern Command reported on Tuesday. The Motor
When Abdolreza “Reza” Valizadeh returned to Iran in the spring of 2024, it was the first time he had set foot in his home country in 15 years. The veteran journalist, who had spent more than a decade in exile, traveled to Iran to see and care for his aging parents. Six months later, he
The U.S. Capitol building at sunset in Washington on Jan. 12, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times President Donald Trump said on Jan. 20 that he does not need Congress to issue $2,000 tariff rebate checks. “I don’t think we would have to go to the Congress, but we’ll find out,” Trump told reporters one day