Elon Musk and President Donald Trump listen to questions from reporters in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on May 30, 2025. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images Weeks after their initial war of words, Elon Musk again waded into U.S. politics by renewing his criticism of the Republican-backed spending and tax bill. A version
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (L), President Donald Trump (C) and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem (R) tour a medical facility during a visit to an illegal immigrant detention center, dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” located at the site of the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport in Ochopee, Fla. on July 1, 2025. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP President
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem looks on in Ochopee, Fla., on July 1, 2025. Evan Vucci/AP Photo President Donald Trump on July 1 suggested that CNN should face possible prosecution both for reporting on a mobile app that alerts users to sightings of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
Anti-ICE protesters confront federal agents and California Army National Guardsmen in Los Angeles on June 8, 2025. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times Six California Republican state lawmakers, in a July 27 letter, urged President Donald Trump to focus Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations on illegal immigrants who are violent criminals rather than conducting operations at
Printing Supervisor Donavan Elliott inspects newly printed sheets of one dollar bills at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington on March 24, 2015. Mark Wilson/Getty Images As the Senate passed its own version of the “One Big Beautiful” budget bill, the effect of tax and spending cuts in the House version has led
New York City mayoral candidate and Democratic state Rep. Zohran Mamdani campaigns in New York City on April 16, 2025. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images WASHINGTON—New York state Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, a Democrat, has officially become the Democratic Party’s nominee for mayor of the City of New York in the 2025 general election, following the
Secretary of State Marco Rubio testifies before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 20, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed on Tuesday the shutdown of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), which had been rapidly dismantled earlier this year by the Trump