A container ship is assisted by a tugboat as it arrives at the Port of Oakland on Oct. 10, 2025. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images President Donald Trump said on Oct. 15 that he plans to attend next month’s Supreme Court oral arguments about his reciprocal tariffs, most of which have been struck down by the lower
U.S. War Secretary Pete Hegseth (L) speaks to the press at the NATO headquarters prior to a NATO Ministers of Defence Summit in Brussels on Oct. 15, 2025. Nicolas Tucat/AFP via Getty Images The plane carrying Secretary of War Pete Hegseth was forced to make an emergency landing at a joint U.K.-U.S. airbase in the
President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference in the Oval Office of the White House on Oct. 15, 2025. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday confirmed he has authorized covert CIA operations in Venezuela. The decision would expand U.S. assets deployed to Venezuela, placing added pressure on the regime of Venezuelan
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche (L) gestures to President Donald Trump as he speaks during a press conference in the Oval Office of the White House on Oct. 15, 2025. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images FBI special agents will receive their paychecks despite the government shutdown, according to President Donald Trump and FBI Director Kash Patel. The
The federal government shutdown enters a third week as the Senate again failed to pass a continuing resolution to provide a temporary extension of funding, which expired on Sept. 30. Democrats refuse to authorize additional funding until Republicans negotiate over their health care proposals. We had a problem loading this article. Please enable javascript or
The Main Green at Brown University in Providence, R.I., on March 17, 2025. Scott Eisen/Getty Images Brown University became the second of nine schools to decline the Trump administration’s Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education. In an Oct. 15 letter to the White House, Brown President Christina H. Paxson said the agreement has “no
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) passes the gavel to House Speaker-elect Mike Johnson (R-La.) during the first sitting of the 119th Congress in Washington on Jan. 3, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times The Speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson (R-La.) and the body’s Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) will participate in a