Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell testifies before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on Capitol Hill in Washington on Feb. 11, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times The search for a replacement for Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is underway at the White House. While President Donald Trump has confirmed that Powell will
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro waves to supporters as he leaves the hospital after a weeks-long surgical stay, in Brasilia, Brazil, on May 4, 2025. Eraldo Peres/AP Photo President Donald Trump and the Brazilian government are increasingly at odds over the handling of embattled former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s ongoing trial related to an alleged
President of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos speaks during a meeting with US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth at the Pentagon in Washington, DC on July 21, 2025. Photo by Saul Loeb/AFP WASHINGTON—Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will meet with President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday for bilateral talks focused on security and
President of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos speaks during a meeting with US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth at the Pentagon in Washington, DC on July 21, 2025. Photo by Saul Loeb/AFP WASHINGTON–President Donald Trump told Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. the two nations are recalibrating their ties and minimizing influence from the Chinese Communist Party,
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security in Washington on Aug. 12, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times An appeals court judge on Monday lifted a lower court order preventing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from ending federal temporary protected status (TPS) for Afghans and Cameroonians in the United States. The DHS in April moved to
A law enforcement officer stands near the entrance to the House of Representatives in the State Capitol in Austin, Texas, on July 21, 2025. Brandon Bell/Getty Images Texas Senate Democrats stalled for hours and attempted to stop the formation of a congressional redistricting committee, which could result in additional Republican seats during the midterm elections,
An appellate court has allowed the Trump administration to end a program that grants temporary deportation protections and work permits to more than 10,000 people from Afghanistan and Cameroon. In a brief order Monday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit wrote that the plaintiff — an immigration advocacy group called CASA —