Trump to Meet With Congressional Leaders as Government Shutdown Approaches

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) listens as U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) speaks during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on July 22, 2025. Nathan Howard/File Photo/Reuters President Donald Trump is set to meet with the top House and Senate Republican and Democratic leaders on Sept. 29, with

States Sue HHS Over Order to Remove ‘Gender Identity’ in K-12 Sex Education

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks as President Donald Trump looks on, in a file photograph in Washington. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images A coalition of 16 states and the District of Columbia is suing the Trump administration to keep materials they say “recognize and affirm gender identity” in their federally funded K-12 sex education programs.

Trump–Erdogan Meeting Reflects Warming Ties but Yields Few Concrete Results

U.S. President Donald Trump meets Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the Oval Office on Sept. 25, 2025. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump hosted Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the White House on Sept. 25, where the two leaders spoke for more than two hours. Although discussions were held largely

Trump–Erdogan Meeting Reflects Warming Ties but Key Questions Remain

U.S. President Donald Trump meets Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the Oval Office on Sept. 25, 2025. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump hosted Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the White House on Sept. 25, where the two leaders spoke for more than two hours. Although discussions were held largely

What Happens If the Government Shuts Down? Here’s How It Could Affect You

WASHINGTON—Congress has until Sept. 30 to pass a stopgap bill to fund the government. Failure to do so means the government will go into shutdown on Wednesday. The White House and Republicans are currently locked in a standoff with Democrats over a stopgap bill that would fund the government through Nov. 21. Democrats have demanded

Catholic Schools Eye Enhanced Security in Response to Minnesota Shooting

People sit in silence mourning the two schoolchildren who were killed a day before during the Annunciation Catholic School shooting in Minneapolis, Minn., on Aug. 28, 2025.Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times In the wake of the Aug. 27 tragedy, in which two children were killed and 21 people injured while praying during a back-to-school Mass in