Donor Gives $130 Million to Cover Shortfall in Troop Pay During Shutdown

President Donald Trump speaks during a law enforcement roundtable in the State Dining Room of the White House on Oct. 23, 2025 in Washington. Jim Watson/AFP President Donald Trump said on Oct. 23 that an anonymous donor has sent the federal government a $130 million check to cover the shortfall in military troop pay during

Russia Denounces US Sanctions on Oil Giants, Warns of Rising Global Prices

Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to the head of the Federal Service for Supervision of Natural Resources (Rosprirodnadzor) Svetlana Radionova during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on Oct. 21, 2025. Alexander Kazakov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP Russia reacted with fury on Thursday after the United States imposed sweeping sanctions on

China Using Coercion in Bid to Gain Upper Hand in Trump-Xi Talks: House China Panel Chair

Chairman of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party Rep. John Moolenaar (R-Mich.) speaks during an interview with The Epoch Times in Washington on Oct. 21, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times WASHINGTON—China is trying every means—including coercion—to gain bargaining leverage in the upcoming talks with the United States, according to the House China

Latest Harvard Enrollment Data Show Drop in Black Students, Uptick in Asians

Activists from the Asian American Coalition for Education protest against affirmative action outside the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington on June 29, 2023. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Two years after the U.S. Supreme Court decision prohibiting racial preference in higher education admissions, the nation’s oldest university is reporting a decline in undergraduate black student enrollment.