Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva (D-Ariz.) speaks as she is surrounded by supporters who have urged that House Speaker Mike Johnson swear her in at the Capitol in Washington on Oct. 15, 2025. J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson’s office said Friday that the ongoing government shutdown has prevented him from seating a newly
The Department of Education in Washington on April 28, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times A federal judge said on Nov. 7 that the Department of Education violated the First Amendment by using employee email accounts to send out-of-office messages blaming Democrats for the ongoing government shutdown. “When government employees enter public service, they do not
Beef at a grocery store in Elkridge, Md., on Oct. 24, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The Department of Justice (DOJ) is investigating major meatpacking companies following allegations of price manipulation in the beef industry, Attorney General Pam Bondi said, after President Donald Trump called for immediate action. On Nov. 7, Trump said on his
Security guards walk the by the entrance to the John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse, in Boston, Mass., on April 14, 2023. Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images BOSTON—A group of unions representing federal civil servants filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government on Nov. 6 over a proposed so-called “loyalty question” on hiring forms that
A woman walks by a sign advertising the acceptance of food stamps, in Miami, Fla., on Oct. 31, 2025. Joe Raedle/Getty Images The Trump administration said it would fully fund Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for November as it seeks to appeal a district judge’s ruling. The confirmation came in a memo sent on
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) speaks to reporters during the Weekly Senate Policy Luncheon news conference on Capitol Hill on Nov. 4, 2025. Tom Brenner/Getty Images Democrats in the Senate blocked a bill proposed by Republicans to pay all federal employees for the duration of the government shutdown late on Nov. 7. The Senate
Federal agents block people protesting an ICE immigration operation at a nearby licensed cannabis farm near Camarillo, Calif., on July 10, 2025. Mario Tama/Getty Images The Trump administration is exploring a program to hire bounty hunters who would track down illegal immigrants and receive bonuses for successful captures, according to a government contracting site. The