Australia to ease restrictions on U.S. beef imposed over mad cow disease

Melbourne, Australia — Australia announced it will reduce restrictions on U.S. beef imports in a move President Trump’s administration claimed as a major victory over “non-scientific trade barriers” to trade. Agriculture Minister Julie Collins said Thursday that relaxing the restrictions designed to keep Australia free of mad cow disease, also known as bovine spongiform encephalopathy

Trump to Visit Federal Reserve Headquarters as Criticism of Powell Continues

The seal of the Board of Governors of the United States Federal Reserve System in the ground at the Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Building in Washington on Feb. 5, 2018. Andrew Harnik/AP Photo President Donald Trump will visit the Federal Reserve headquarters on Thursday, the White House said, amid ongoing tensions between the

Democrats Plan August Blitz to Campaign Against GOP Spending Bill

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (C) of New York, flanked by Chair of the House Democratic Caucus Pete Aguilar of California and Democratic Whip Katherine Clark of Massachusetts, speaks at a Capitol Hill press conference on July 23, 2025. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images House Democratic leaders plan to use the August recess to launch

Johnson Announces New Subcommittee to Investigate Jan. 6

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) speaks during the weekly GOP press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on July 22, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) announced on July 23 that Republicans would pursue passage of a resolution to form a new subcommittee that would investigate events surrounding the Jan. 6,

House GOP Paves Way to Establish New Subcommittee to Investigate Jan. 6

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) speaks during the weekly GOP press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on July 22, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) announced on July 23 that Republicans would pursue passage of a resolution to form a new subcommittee that would investigate events surrounding the Jan. 6,

Border officials directed to give migrant teens the option of returning home voluntarily

The Trump administration instructed Customs and Border Protection officials this week to offer migrant teenagers the option of voluntarily returning to their home countries, instead of being sent to government-overseen shelters, upending longstanding U.S. immigration policy, two U.S. officials told CBS News Wednesday. For many years, U.S. immigration officials were required to transfer all unaccompanied

Appeals Court Upholds Nationwide Ban on Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order

People protest on the day the Supreme Court justices hear oral arguments over U.S. President Donald Trump’s bid to broadly enforce his executive order to restrict automatic birthright citizenship, outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on May 15, 2025. Nathan Howard/File Photo/Reuters A federal appeals court on July 23 ruled that President Donald