Hamas May Release Hostages ‘A Little Bit Early,’ Trump Says En Route to Israel

President Donald Trump waves as he boards Air Force One for a trip to the Middle East, at Joint Base Andrews, Md., on Oct. 12, 2025. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images President Donald Trump said on Sunday that the Hamas terrorist group may release their remaining Israeli and American hostages “a little bit early” as the president

MIT Says It Will Not Sign Trump Admin‘s Higher Education Compact

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) campus in Cambridge, Mass., on May 25, 2025. Learner Liu/The Epoch Times The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has declined to sign onto the Trump administration’s proposed compact, which would mandate campus reforms in exchange for preferential access to federal funding. MIT President Sally Kornbluth announced the decision on

Appeals Court Says National Guard Can Be Federalized but Not Deployed in Illinois

Members of the Texas National Guard stand guard at an army reserve training facility in Elwood, Ill., on Oct. 7, 2025. Scott Olson/Getty Images A federal appeals court has ruled the Trump administration can continue to keep National Guard troops in Illinois under federal control but cannot deploy them in Chicago while the appeals process

Trump Directs Pentagon to Pay Troops During Government Shutdown

President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on Oct. 6, 2025. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images President Donald Trump said on Oct. 11 that his administration has located funds to keep active-duty service members paid during the government shutdown, saying he will not let Democrats hold the military “hostage” as