Emel Akan
Senior Reporter
Emel Akan is a senior White House correspondent for The Epoch Times, where she covers the policies of the Trump administration. Previously, she reported on the Biden administration and President Donald Trump's first term. Before her journalism career, she worked in investment banking at JPMorgan.
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Trump Announces Pause on 50 Percent Tariff as US, Canada Reach Last Minute Deal
The president announced a three-day pause on additional tariffs, saying there’s a deal with Canada, which is pending finalization of the documents.
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Behind the Blueprints: A Look at Trump’s 250-Foot Triumphal Arch
The proposed neoclassical granite monument takes inspiration from Paris’s famous Arc de Triomphe.
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‘He’s a Real Hero’: Trump Hosts California Lifeguard Ryder Williams at White House
Ryder heroically dived into pounding waves to save a 10-year-old boy at Seabright Beach last month.
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Trump Says He’ll Declare the Hormuz Strait a US Territory ‘Pretty Soon’
The president said the takeover of the vital waterway would happen once U.S. forces defeat Iran.
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China Behind ‘Great Transshipment Scam’ Costing Billions of Dollars, White House Says
A report states that China systematically evaded U.S. tariffs and other trade measures by routing goods through third-party countries.
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Trump’s Plane Switch Echoes Long History of Presidential Travel Deception
The recent visit to Turkey highlighted a routine level of secrecy involving the president’s travel arrangements, said a former intelligence officer.
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The Sculptor and Visionary Behind the Thomas Jefferson Statue at the White House
The sculpture was inspired by a portable mahogany lap desk the Founding Father used to draft the Declaration of Independence.
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Trump Restarts Effort to Fire Fed’s Lisa Cook
The president had earlier attempted to fire Cook but was blocked by the Supreme Court.
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Trump Announces Nearly $3 Billion Investment in Mining to Reduce Reliance on China
The U.S. government will award more than $180 million in grants to schools to strengthen the American mining workforce.
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Trump Signs Order Imposing Price Floor, Tariffs on Polysilicon to Counter China
The administration is setting minimum import prices to prevent Chinese companies from dumping products in the U.S. market, Commerce Secretary Lutnick said.
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