Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks on the sidelines of the IMF/World Bank annual meetings, in Washington, on Oct. 15, 2025. Brendan Smialowski/AFP Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said China “made a real mistake” by threatening to restrict exports of rare earth minerals, adding that Beijing’s move has jolted the United States and its allies to fast-track
A ‘We Accept Food Stamps’ sign hangs in the window of a grocery store in Miami, Fla., on Oct. 31, 2025. Joe Raedle/Getty Images President Donald Trump said he has directed White House lawyers to seek immediate court clarification on how his administration can legally continue funding the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) during the
A ‘We Accept Food Stamps’ sign hangs in the window of a grocery store in Miami, Fla., on Oct. 31, 2025. Joe Raedle/Getty Images President Donald Trump said he has directed White House lawyers to seek immediate court clarification on how his administration can legally continue funding the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) during the
The caskets of 38 Christian villagers killed by Fulani Muslim terrorists are arranged for a funeral Mass about two miles from Madamai, Nigeria, on Sept. 30, 2021. Luka Binniyat/The Epoch Times Christian advocacy groups across the United States hailed President Donald Trump’s Oct. 31 decision to again designate Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa is scheduled to visit Washington, D.C., on Nov. 10 and meet with President Trump at the White House, Tom Barrack, the U.S. envoy to Syria and U.S. ambassador to Turkey, confirmed to CBS News on Saturday. This would mark the first-ever visit by a Syrian president to the White House, and
Nicki Minaj thanked President Donald Trump for highlighting Christian persecution in Nigeria, expressing gratitude for his stance on religious freedom.
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard speaks to reporters during a briefing at the White House in Washington on July 23, 2025. Travis Gillmore/The Epoch Times Tulsi Gabbard, the U.S. national intelligence director, said on Oct. 31 that America’s former strategy of “regime change or nation building” had ended under President Donald Trump, with Gabbard