Former U.S. President Barack Obama speaks as Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate, former Rep. Abigail Spanberger (L), sits next to him during a campaign rally in the Chartway Arena in Norfolk, Va., on Nov. 1, 2025. Win McNamee/Getty Images Former President Barack Obama spent Saturday in New Jersey and Virginia, urging Democrats to vote for their
A member of the National Guard packs food at a Los Angeles Regional Food Bank facility, as nearly 42 million Americans face a potential lapse in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, known as food stamps, due to the second-longest U.S. government shutdown, in Los Angeles on Oct. 29, 2025. Daniel Cole/Reuters The Trump administration
The Trump administration said on Monday that it will partially fund SNAP after two judges issued rulings requiring it to keep the nation’s largest food aid program running. Tuesday is the first major election day of President Donald Trump’s second term. NTD has more on what to watch for in Virginia, New Jersey, and New
An FBI agent stands by an Evidence Response Team truck outside a home in a Dearborn, Mich., neighborhood on Oct. 31, 2025. Mike Householder/AP Photo Two men with links to the ISIS terrorist group who had purchased high-powered weapons and practiced at gun ranges were planning a violent attack over the Halloween weekend in suburban
(L–R) Justices David Wecht, Kevin Dougherty, and Christine Donohue. The Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania voters are set to vote on Tuesday in an election that could shift the balance of the state’s Supreme Court. Voters will decide whether three of the high court’s seven justices—Christine Donohue, Kevin Dougherty, and David Wecht—should each be
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks with reporters outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington on Oct. 22, 2025. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images The U.S. housing market and other parts of the economy may already be in a recession due to high interest rates, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday, reiterating that the
Suspected human smugglers drive ATVs on the Mexican side of the United States border wall near Jacumba, Calif., on Oct. 31, 2023. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times The United States registered record-high asylum applications during the final year of the Biden administration, accounting for more than half of all filings across developed nations, according to a