Ryan Wesley Routh is interviewed at a rally in Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 27, 2022. AFPTV/AFP via Getty Images Ryan Routh, the man charged with trying to assassinate President Donald Trump two months before the 2024 election, can represent himself during his upcoming trial, a federal judge ruled on July 24. U.S. District Judge Aileen
Columbia University and the Trump administration announced a $221 million settlement agreement on Wednesday, putting an end, for now, to the standoff between the two that had thrown the Ivy League school into a financial crisis. The deal was controversial both inside and outside the Trump administration. While the president is getting a pound of
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins testifies before the House Agriculture Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 11, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times The Trump administration has announced a sweeping overhaul of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) that will cut its Washington-area workforce by more than half and shift thousands of positions to regional
Special envoy Steve Witkoff said in a statement that ‘Hamas does not appear to be coordinated or acting in good faith’ Special envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) The United States recalled its diplomatic team from Qatar on Thursday, ending two weeks of intense ceasefire negotiations with Hamas after the terror
The Trump administration will release funding for UN agencies in exchange for the Democratic ranking member’s vote Rand Paul / Getty Images Sen. Rand Paul (R., Ky.) voted against advancing Mike Waltz’s nomination for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, a move that cost American taxpayers $75 million in funds that will now go to
Washington — President Trump signed legislation to claw back $9 billion in foreign aid and public broadcasting funding, the first time in decades that Congress has approved a president’s request to rescind previously approved funding. White House spokesperson Harrison Fields said Thursday that the package was “officially signed.” Both the Senate and House passed the legislation, known
The Supreme Court in Washington on July 14, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The Supreme Court on July 24 paused a lower court ruling that prevents voters in seven states from suing over alleged discrimination under the federal Voting Rights Act. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit previously issued an order barring