VA: Backlog of Veterans Waiting for VA Benefits Reduced by 57%

A homeless man stands near a Veterans Affairs medical center in Los Angeles on July 14, 2025. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced on Nov. 18 that the backlog of Veterans waiting for compensation and pension benefits has dropped by more than 57 percent since President Donald Trump took office

U.S. citizen explains why she closed her bakery amid immigration crackdown

Cristina Rojas, who became a U.S. citizen in March, says she has temporarily closed The Batchmaker, the bakery she owns in Charlotte, North Carolina, fearing for her community’s safety amid the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.  “I became a citizen but I don’t stop being Honduran. I don’t stop being Hispanic,” Rojas told CBS News. “The