Acting Attorney General Blanche Rejects Speculation About Bondi’s Departure

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche speaks to reporters in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on June 27, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times Interim Attorney General Todd Blanche dismissed speculation that Pam Bondi left her position as attorney general in connection with how she handled the release of case files

Trump’s 2027 budget asks Congress for $1.5 trillion in defense spending

Washington — President Trump’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2027 asks Congress for $1.5 trillion in defense spending — a 42% increase — while cutting nondefense spending by $73 billion, or 10%. The White House released the 92-page budget request on Friday, accompanied by several summaries of the administration’s key priorities across the executive branch. The

Military archbishop suggests Iran war isn’t justified

Washington — The leader of all U.S. military Catholic chaplains questioned the veracity of America’s war in Iran, saying that while there “was a threat with nuclear arms, it’s compensating for a threat before the threat is actually realized.”  Archbishop Timothy Broglio, who heads the Catholic Archdiocese for the Military Services USA, told CBS News’

Rubio Condemns China Over Detentions of Panama-Flagged Vessels

Container ship Cosco Development, registered and sailing under the flag of Hong Kong, with capacity for more than 13,000 containers, at the Agua Clara locks in Colon, 56 miles from Panama City, Panama, on May 2, 2017. Rodrigo Arangua/AFP via Getty Images U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has accused the Chinese communist regime of