The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday unveiled a series of regulatory actions designed to effectively ban gender-affirming care for minors, building on broader Trump administration restrictions on transgender Americans. The sweeping proposals include cutting off federal Medicaid and Medicare funding from hospitals that provide gender-affirming care to children and prohibiting federal
A marijuana grow site in California’s Mendocino County on Oct. 9, 2025. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Dec. 18 directing Attorney General Pam Bondi to expedite the reclassification of cannabis for the purpose of allowing medical research. “We have people begging for me to do this, people that
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A Kremlin envoy will travel to Florida to discuss a U.S.-proposed plan to end the war in Ukraine, a U.S. official said Thursday, as European Union leaders weighed a major loan to help the Ukrainian government. Kirill Dmitriev, who heads Russia’s sovereign wealth fund, is set to meet with President Trump’s envoy, Steve Witkoff, and
The accounts will be provided to American children born between Jan. 1, 2025, and Dec. 31, 2028, seeded with $1,000. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in the Oval Office of the White House on Nov. 21, 2025. Evan Vucci /AP Photo Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent provided more details on the administration-backed “Trump Accounts” program that allows
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A tanker truck from Mexico’s oil company, PEMEX, enters a refinery to load up on fuel in Tula, Hidalgo state, Mexico, on Jan. 11, 2018. Pedro Pardo/AFP via Getty Images The Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned the Cartel de Santa Rosa de Lima (CSRL), a Mexican cartel that derives