Christchurch, New Zealand.- A steady stream of mourners paid tribute on March 17 at a makeshift memorial to the 50 people slain by a gunman at two mosques in Christchurch, while dozens stood by to bury the dead when authorities finally release the victims’ bodies. Hundreds of flowers were piled up amid candles, balloons and notes of grief and love outside the Al Noor mosque. As a light rain fell, […]

Secretary Carson says program will provide incentives for more affordable housing. Washington DC.- Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson said the “opportunity zones” program, passed as part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, has already started to revive underserved communities. On a visit a few months ago to Vicksburg, Mississippi, Carson saw a closed sawmill being reopened by new investors. In an interview with The Epoch […]

Washington DC.- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) formally launched her presidential campaign on March 17, with an announcement in a video posted on Twitter. The message concludes with an invitation to her kickoff campaign speech in front of Trump International tower in New York City on March 24. Most of the senator’s kickoff video targets President Donald Trump. The suggestively edited footage casts a negative light on the president that largely […]

Víctor Caycho All sectors of the country joined to unanimously highlight the figure of Senator John McCain, of Arizona, who died on Saturday, August 25 and whose funeral will take place this Sunday at the Naval Academy in Annapolis, the capital of Maryland. Political leaders and local organizations highlighted the fact that McCain, who died at the age of 81 as a result of brain cancer, always put patriotism above […]

US President Donald Trump was jubilant in reaching a preliminary agreement with Mexico to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement, but he generated at least as many questions as answers. Will it be possible to convince or coerce Canada – the third NAFTA partner and the second US trade partner – to accept a new pact? Is it legal or politically feasible to reach a trade agreement that replaces NAFTA […]

The Department of Education is considering allowing states to use federal funds to buy weapons that would be used as a safety measure in schools, which has provoked a storm of criticism. The plan will surely cause great controversy, especially at a time when, following a series of school massacres in the United States, a student movement has arisen in favor of greater restrictions on the purchase, possession and use […]

President Donald Trump on Friday raised the tone of his dispute with Attorney General Jeff Sessions, whom he asked to investigate a long list of complaints against Democrats and prosecutors investigating his government. Trump tweeted that Sessions should “investigate all the corruption of the ‘other side’. ” He added: “Come on, Jeff, you can, the country waits!” The two men exchanged blows for several days. In an interview with the program […]