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1 week ago | 
theepochtimes.com | Travis Gillmore |Jacob Burg
The Salvadoran man was found guilty of first-degree premeditated murder, first-degree rape, third-degree sex offense, and kidnapping. By Travis Gillmore and Jacob Burg4/17/2025Updated: 4/17/2025The Trump administration invited the mother of a Maryland woman killed by an illegal immigrant to address reporters during an April 16 press briefing at the White House.
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2 weeks ago | 
theepochtimes.com | Emel Akan |Jacob Burg
WASHINGTON—Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has relaunched the Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement (VOICE) office, announcing the move at an April 9 press conference at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Headquarters in Washington. President Donald Trump first launched VOICE in 2017 to help victims of crimes committed by illegal immigrants. Noem said the Biden administration closed the office.
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3 weeks ago | 
theepochtimes.com | Jacob Burg |Samantha Flom |Nathan Worcester |Andrew Moran
40 mins ago6 hours agoBy Nathan Worcester and Samantha Flom7 hours agoBy Nathan Worcester and Samantha Flom7 hours agoBy Nathan Worcester and Samantha Flom7 hours ago9 hours agoPresident Donald Trump said the financial markets will "boom" once his tariffs are in effect. Briefly speaking to reporters before heading to Florida to participate in a golf event, Trump stated that as much as $7 trillion will enter the United States, resulting from his reciprocal tariff agenda.
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3 weeks ago | 
theepochtimes.com | Jacob Burg |Nathan Worcester
‘Congress has a constitutional role through the Commerce Clause on trade matters, and we should re-assume that role,’ Sen. Chuck Grassley told reporters. By Jacob Burg and Nathan Worcester4/3/2025Updated: 4/3/2025Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) introduced new legislation on April 3 that aims to reassert Congress’s authority over tariffs following President Donald Trump’s sweeping global levies unveiled on Wednesday. Sen.
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3 weeks ago | 
theepochtimes.com | Jacob Burg |Savannah Pointer
President Donald Trump on April 2 unveiled sweeping global tariffs aimed at reviving American manufacturing and countering what he describes as decades of unfair trade practices at the expense of the United States. The Trump administration has imposed new baseline 10 percent tariffs on all U.S. trading partners, which will go into effect at 12:01 a.m. on April 5. Roughly 60 countries will be hit with additional reciprocal tariffs.
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3 weeks ago | 
theepochtimes.com | Jacob Burg |Guy Birchall |Andrew Moran |Terri Wu
23 mins agoOutgoing German Chancellor Olaf Scholz criticized U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to impose tariffs as “fundamentally wrong,” saying it would harm the global economy. "The recent tariffs decision by the U.S. president is in my view fundamentally wrong, and it is an attack on a trade system that has created prosperity all round the world, itself an American achievement," he told a news conference while welcoming Jordan's King Abdullah to Berlin.
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3 weeks ago | 
theepochtimes.com | Joseph Lord |Jackson Richman |Jacob Burg
Republicans’ electoral wins in Florida mean that House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is about to get some reinforcements in his narrow House GOP majority, growing the effective Republican majority in the lower chamber by two votes. In the Sunshine State’s Sixth Congressional District, state Sen. Randy Fine defeated teacher Josh Weil, a Democrat, while Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis defeated Democrat Gai Vailmont in the state’s First Congressional District.
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3 weeks ago | 
theepochtimes.com | Lawrence Wilson |Samantha Flom |Jacob Burg |T.J. Muscaro
Florida and Wisconsin voters took to the polls to decide races of national significance as well as state and local matters on April 1. In Florida, the First and Sixth congressional districts, recently vacated by Reps. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) and Michael Waltz (R-Fla.), respectively, were in a pair of special elections. Republicans hope to retain their slim majority in the U.S. House by keeping hold of both Florida districts.
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3 weeks ago | 
theepochtimes.com | Joseph Lord |Jacob Burg |T.J. Muscaro |Lawrence Wilson
On April 1, voters will head to the polls for three races in Florida and Wisconsin, which will have substantial implications for the future beyond the current contests. In Florida, voters will cast ballots for members of the House in two deep-red district special elections as the House remains narrowly Republican.
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4 weeks ago | 
theepochtimes.com | Jackson Richman |Jacob Burg
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on March 27 to create a task force to help crack down on crime in Washington, D.C., in addition to ensuring that “quality-of-life laws” in the nation’s capital are enforced. The D.C. Safe and Beautiful Task Force will consist of representatives from agencies including the Department of the Interior, the Department of Homeland Security, the FBI, and the Department of Transportation.
