Australia Grants Iranian Soccer Players Asylum After Trump Call to Prime Minister

Iran’s Zahra Sarbali, top, and Philippines’ Malea Cesar battle for the ball during the Women’s Asian Cup soccer match between Iran and the Philippines in Robina, Australia, on March 8, 2026. Dave Hunt/AAP Image via AP The Australian Labor government has granted asylum to five players from the Iranian women’s soccer team following a phone

Australian PM Will Grant Iranian Women’s Soccer Players Asylum After Trump Mounts Pressure Campaign

It was initially unclear whether Anthony Albanese would assist the players, leading Trump to say Australia was ‘making a terrible humanitarian mistake’ Anthony Albanese and Donald Trump (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) President Donald Trump on Monday successfully urged Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese to grant the Iranian women’s soccer team diplomatic protection after the

California rep. leaves GOP to become an independent, complicating majority

Washington — Rep. Kevin Kiley of California said Monday he was immediately leaving the Republican Party to become an independent.   “I’m also today asking the clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives to have that reflected in the official roster,” Kiley said in a call with reporters.  The move complicates House Speaker Mike Johnson’s

Trump Says He Won’t Sign Any Bill Until SAVE America Act Passes

President Donald Trump speaks during an event at the White House on March 5, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times President Donald Trump has said he will withhold his signature from other legislation until Congress passes the SAVE America Act, which would impose nationwide proof-of-citizenship requirements in order to register to vote. “It must be done

Interior Secretary Announces Arrival of $100 Million in Venezuelan Gold

U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum (L) meets Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodriguez, at the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, on March 4, 2026. Ariana Cubillos/AP U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said that as of March 7, $100 million worth of gold has been transported from Venezuela to the United States after the government authorized

NTSB member fired by White House over workplace allegations that he denies

National Transportation Safety Board member Todd Inman, who was the NTSB’s initial on scene spokesman at the deadly midair collision over Washington, D.C., last January, was fired from the agency over multiple workplace allegations, the White House said Monday. Inman denies the accusations. “The White House lawfully removed Todd Inman from the NTSB after receiving highly concerning