The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) website is displayed on a phone, in this file photo. Oleksii Pydsosonnii/The Epoch Times The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has announced that, in line with its guidance, multiple federal agencies terminated contracts worth nearly $300 million last week, coming amid claims that the task force was effectively scrapped
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks at the Citadel Patriot Dinner at the Citadel in Charleston, S.C., on Nov. 6, 2025. Alex Brandon/Pool/AFP via Getty Images Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Sunday that the United States will “absolutely” be deporting people with pending asylum claims “if they should be” removed. Noem was
The U.S. military conducts a deadly military strike against an alleged drug boat tied to the cartel Tren de Aragua, in a still from video of the strike shared by President Donald Trump on Truth Social on Sept. 2, 2025. @realDonaldTrump via Truth Social The Republican and Democratic heads of the House and Senate Armed
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio talks to the press at the U.S. Mission to International Organizations in Geneva, Switzerland, on Nov. 23, 2025. Martial Trezzini /Keystone via AP Three key Trump administration officials are meeting with Ukrainian negotiators in Florida this weekend in a push to broker an end to the war Russia began
Special Envoy Steve Witkoff (L), Secretary of State Marco Rubio (C), and Jared Kushner attend a meeting with Ukrainian officials in Hallandale Beach, Fla., on Nov. 30, 2025. Terry Renna/AP Photo U.S. and Ukrainian delegations wrapped up roughly four hours of discussion in Hallandale Beach, Florida, on Nov. 30, intended to broker a deal to
Special Envoy Steve Witkoff (L), Secretary of State Marco Rubio (C), and Jared Kushner attend a meeting with Ukrainian officials in Hallandale Beach, Fla., on Nov. 30, 2025. Terry Renna/AP Photo Top U.S. negotiators working toward ending the war in Ukraine are on the way to Russia after Secretary of State Marco Rubio led a
Rep. Troy Nehls (R-Texas) speaks to reporters in Washington on Oct. 12, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times Rep. Troy Nehls (R-Texas) has decided to retire from Congress. “I have made the decision, after conversations with my beautiful bride and my girls over the Thanksgiving holiday, to focus on my family and return home from Congress,”