US Official Says No ‘Gentlemen’s Agreement’ with Russia to Continue Compliance with New Start Treaty

Treasury, IRS Propose Rules For 1 Percent Remittance Tax On Some Money Sent To Foreign Countries Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Internal Revenue Service and the Department of the Treasury proposed regulations on Friday regarding the new excise tax, established under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, on certain remittances made abroad. The Internal Revenue Service in Washington on March 10, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times “Beginning Jan. 1, 2026, a 1 percent remittance transfer tax applies to remittances sent from the United States to recipients in foreign...

Customs & Border Protection Has Scanned More Than 1 Billion Travelers With Facial Biometrics Customs and Border Protection says it has now verified the identity of more than 1 billion travelers with facial biometrics, announcing the milestone in an Oct. 5 statement. The agency says the system runs at entry in every U.S. airport with international arrivals, at exit in 66 airports, at 42 seaports, and in all pedestrian lanes at the northern and southwest border crossings, with some vehicle lanes covered as well. A passenger walks toward the airbridge as...

Trump Says He Might Release More 9/11 Records Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, President Donald Trump said on Sept. 13 he might release records related to the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks. "I'm going to look at it when I get back," he told reporters in Ireland, after being asked about recent requests from families of people who perished in the attacks. A nephew of Lisa Marie Terry, who was in the North Tower at the World Trade Center when it was struck by one of the planes hijacked by...