No Shutdown Meeting Until Stopgap Funding Approved, Trump Tells Democrats

President Donald Trump speaks at a “Rose Garden Club” lunch in the Rose Garden of the White House on Oct. 21, 2025. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he would talk with Democrat leaders if they reopen the government by approving a Republican-led stopgap funding bill designed to temporarily fund

A Whistleblower Was Meeting With the SEC, Accusing a Solar Panel Company of Fraud. The Biden Admin Guaranteed a $3 Billion Loan for the Company at the Same Time.

A whistleblower accused one of the Biden administration’s top energy loan recipients of maintaining a “hidden” set of financial records while defrauding investors and tax authorities. The Biden administration guaranteed a $3 billion loan to the company anyway, the Washington Free Beacon has learned through interviews and whistleblower reports. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Rockefeller Brothers Fund Gave Millions to Terror-Tied Extremist Groups in 2025

The Rockefeller Brothers Fund (RBF) has spent millions of dollars in 2025 supporting an array of anti-Israel groups, several of which have ties to terrorism abroad and extremist activists in the United States, a Washington Free Beacon review of the organization’s grantees shows. The RBF in April of this year awarded a $135,000 grant to

Trump Responds to Report He’s Seeking $230 Million From DOJ for Past Investigations

President Donald Trump speaks at a “Rose Garden Club” lunch in the Rose Garden of the White House on Oct. 21, 2025. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images President Donald Trump on Tuesday weighed in on reports that he might seek restitution from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) for past investigations mounted against him by

Trump’s Pick for Special Counsel Office Withdraws From Nomination Hearing

The U.S. Capitol building during the government shutdown in Washington on Oct. 20, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Office of Special Counsel, attorney Paul Ingrassia, announced that he was withdrawing from a nomination hearing set for Thursday. “I will be withdrawing myself from Thursday’s HSGAC hearing to lead

North Carolina Senate Approves New US House Seat Map With GOP Advantage

Law enforcement stand guard outside the state Capitol in downtown Raleigh, N.C., on Jan. 17, 2021. Logan Cyrus/AFP via Getty Images The North Carolina Senate on Oct. 21 passed legislation to implement new district maps for elections to the U.S. House of Representatives, which will likely turn one longtime Democratic-leaning district into a Republican-leaning one.

Arizona Sues Speaker Johnson for Blocking Rep. Grijalva’s Swearing-In Amid Shutdown

Rep.-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 Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes, a Democrat, filed a federal lawsuit on Tuesday against the U.S. House of Representatives. The