POLITICS

The U.S. Navy warship USS Lake Erie (CG 70) docks at the Port of Balboa in Panama City on Aug. 29, 2025. Mauricio Valenzuela/AFP via Getty Images U.S. warships were seen entering the Panama Canal while navigating east toward the Atlantic, according to photos taken on Aug. 30. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said

A Samsung Electronics logo and a computer motherboard appear in this illustration taken on Aug. 25, 2025. Dado Ruvic/Reuters The federal government is making the process of building semiconductors in China for chipmakers such as Samsung and SK Hynix more difficult by rescinding authorizations that allowed the companies to receive U.S. semiconductor manufacturing equipment there,

President Donald Trump holds a Cabinet meeting with members of his administration in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington on Aug. 26, 2025. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he has decided to issue an executive order to request that federal elections require the presentation of voter ID

Attorney General nominee Pamela Bondi, testifies before the Senate Committee on Judiciary on Capitol Hill in Washington on Jan. 15, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi on Aug. 29 said she has fired an employee “for inappropriate conduct towards National Guard service members in D.C.” “If you oppose our mission and

The Voice of America building, in Washington on June 15, 2020. Andrew Harnik/AP Photo The U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), on Aug. 30, announced a plan to cut 532 Voice of America employees. “Tonight, the U.S. Agency for Global Media initiated what is known as a reduction in force, or RIF, of a large