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
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.
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
Google headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., on July 31, 2025. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times Google has denied the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) recent allegations of the tech company’s partisan administration of its Gmail service in favor of Democratic emails over Republican content. On Aug. 28, FTC Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson wrote a letter to Google
California Governor Gavin Newsom holds a bill signing event related to redrawing the state’s congressional maps on August 21, 2025 in Sacramento, California. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on Aug. 28 that new California Highway Patrol (CHP) crime suppression teams will be deployed in major cities across the state, expanding a program
The first Black mayor of a tiny Alabama town overwhelmingly won election this week, four years after he says White residents locked him out of the town hall and refused to let him serve. Incumbent Mayor Patrick Braxton was elected as the mayor of Newbern, winning 66 votes to his opponent’s 26, according to results
Lisa Cook testifies during a Senate Banking nominations hearing in Washington on June 21, 2023. Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images WASHINGTON—U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb said on Aug. 29 that she will weigh a request to temporarily block President Donald Trump’s firing of Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, as both sides in the lawsuit consider