U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrives at Mariscal Sucre International Airport in Quito, Ecuador, on Sept. 3, 2025. Photo by RODRIGO BUENDIA/AFP via Getty Images U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi by phone on Oct. 27. “The two discussed the importance of the U.S.–China relationship and the
Government shutdown enters fifth week as federal workers face missed paychecks. Senate votes continue to fail while air traffic controllers and military await pay.
A sign in a grocery store in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Dec. 5, 2019. Scott Heins/Getty Images House Speaker Mike Johnson said Monday that $5 billion in contingency funds likely cannot be used by the federal government to cover the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which is set to expire on Nov. 1. “The SNAP benefits
President Donald Trump was given a royal welcome by Japanese head of state Naruhito on Monday. Trump arrived at the Imperial Palace shortly after touching down in Tokyo, the second stop of his Asia tour. Trump warned Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday that Russia’s testing of a nuclear-powered cruise missile was “not ap… Original
Hamas officials have confirmed they will hand over the body of another Israeli hostage on Monday as President Donald Trump's deadline nears.
President Trump arrives in Tokyo for historic meetings with Japan's first female prime minister and Emperor Naruhito before high-stakes China summit this week.
The U.S. Capitol building during the government shutfown in Washington on Oct. 22, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times A labor union representing U.S. government employees has called on Democrats in Congress to support a GOP-backed funding bill that would end the government shutdown. The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), a union representing 820,000 employees, published