Blank U.S. Treasury checks are run through a printer at the U.S. Treasury printing facility in Philadelphia on July 18, 2011. William Thomas Cain/Getty Images With the government shutdown now into its third week, Social Security beneficiaries have been assured that their monthly checks will continue to arrive. But if the budget stalemate stretches into
U.S. Navy warship USS Lake Erie crosses the Pedro Miguel Locks of the Panama Canal amid a U.S. naval deployment near the coast of Venezuela in Panama City on Aug. 29, 2025. Martin Bernetti/AFP/Getty Images President Donald Trump said on Oct. 15 that his administration is considering land strikes targeting Venezuelan drug cartels, an escalation
Trucks make their way to the Port of Long Beach, Calif., on July 13, 2022. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times Federal immigration officials arrested 120 illegal immigrants, many of whom had a commercial driver’s license (CDL), in an operation across Oklahoma, authorities announced on Oct. 14. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents took part in a
Representations of cryptocurrency bitcoin, in this illustration picture created in Paris, France, on March 9, 2024. Benoit Tessier/Illustration/Reuters Federal prosecutors will drop all charges against Roger Ver, an early bitcoin investor known as “Bitcoin Jesus,” after he agreed to pay nearly $50 million in back taxes and penalties, authorities announced on Oct. 14. Ver, 46,
LASOS summer campers hold up an art project at Bel Air High School in Bel Air, Md., on July 24, 2025. AP Photo/KT Kanazawich The 466 employees recently laid off in the already shrinking Department of Education were responsible for processing grants for special needs students and investigating discrimination and harassment complaints in schools. The
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), joined by other House Republicans, speaks during the 15th day of the government shutdown at a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Oct. 15, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The Senate again failed to pass a continuing resolution that would temporarily fund the government as a shutdown of
President Donald Trump speaks to the media in the Oval Office of the White House, as Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum, Director of the Office of Management and Budget Russell Vought, and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem look on, on June 10, 2025. Evan Vucci/AP Photo A federal judge on Oct. 15 temporarily