A person walks past posters of a protester throwing a sandwich in Washington on Aug. 21, 2025. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images Prosecutors in Washington on Aug. 28 downgraded a charge against a man who was seen on camera throwing a sandwich at a Customs and Border Protection agent during the federal takeover of the D.C. police
The Florida Supreme Court building in Tallahassee on Jan. 22, 2023. Nanette Holt/the Epoch Times The Florida Supreme Court decided on Aug. 26 that it will not pause President Donald Trump’s defamation lawsuit against the Pulitzer Prize Board. The Pulitzer board had urged the court to put the litigation on hold during Trump’s presidency because
Washington — Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook filed suit against President Trump, Chair Jerome Powell and the Fed’s Board of Governors on Thursday, asking a federal judge to block the president’s attempt to fire her from the central bank. Mr. Trump announced Cook’s termination from the Fed late Monday, citing allegations she had committed mortgage
Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., on April 16, 2025. Learner Liu/The Epoch Times The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Aug. 27 posted a draft version of proposed changes to temporary visas for overseas students and exchange visitors. The proposed changes—posted in a notice of proposed rulemaking in the Federal Register officially dated Aug. 28—look
Armed members of the National Guard patrol on the National Mall near the Washington Monument on Aug. 26, 2025. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser said on Aug. 27 that crime has decreased since President Donald Trump deployed National Guard troops to the city and took federal control of the local police
Armed National Guard members patrol the National Mall in Washington on Aug. 27, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser said on Aug. 27 that crime has decreased since President Donald Trump deployed National Guard troops to the city and took federal control of the local police department. Bowser told reporters during an
Mexican senators came to blows Wednesday after a heated debate over alleged opposition calls for the United States to intervene militarily against drug cartels. Lawmaker Alejandro Moreno, leader of the opposition PRI party, went to the podium as Wednesday’s session ended and angrily confronted Senate president Gerardo Fernandez Norona, of the ruling Morena party, for