Paramount Global logo in this illustration taken on Dec.17, 2024. Dado Ruvic/Illustration/Reuters President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against CBS parent company Paramount over edits made to a “60 Minutes” interview was settled on July 2 after the media company agreed to pay $16 million, the company said. Paramount said in a statement that the money would
The U.S. Capitol building on July 1, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times WASHINGTON—The House Rules Committee on July 2 advanced the Senate-passed version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, putting it one step closer to getting it to President Donald Trump’s desk and delivering on his signature legislative agenda. The tally was 7–6. Reps.
Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong, Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio stand together at the start of their meeting of the Indo-Pacific Quad at the State Department in Washington on July 1, 2025. Kevin Lamarque/Reuters Foreign ministers from the Quad alliance agreed on
President Donald Trump speaks with reporters as he departs for Florida from the White House on July 1, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump is calling on House Republicans to accept the Senate’s version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which was passed after a 24-hour all-night session on July 1. Several
A sign outside the Ronald Reagan building in downtown Washington, on March 18, 2025. Roberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty Images The FBI has announced plans to relocate its headquarters to the Ronald Reagan Building complex in downtown Washington, D.C., ending years of political wrangling and scrapping a 2023 plan to build a new suburban campus in Greenbelt, Maryland.
Smoke billows after an Israeli strike on Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip on June 28, 2025, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas terrorist group. Bashar TALEB/AFP via Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump announced on July 1 that Israel had agreed to the conditions of what would be a 60-day
The American flag flies over a container ship unloading its cargo from Asia at the Port of Long Beach, Calif., on Aug. 1, 2019. Mark Ralston / AFP via Getty Images The Department of Homeland Security said on June 30 that Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has collected more than $106 billion in customs revenue