ICE Operation Arrests 91 Illegal Immigrants With Commercial Driver’s Licenses

Trucks make their way to the Port of Long Beach, Calif., on July 13, 2022. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times Federal immigration officials arrested 120 illegal immigrants, many of whom had a commercial driver’s license (CDL), in an operation across Oklahoma, authorities announced on Oct. 14. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents took part in a

Bitcoin Investor Avoids Prison by Agreeing to Pay $50 Million in Back Taxes, Penalties

Representations of cryptocurrency bitcoin, in this illustration picture created in Paris, France, on March 9, 2024. Benoit Tessier/Illustration/Reuters Federal prosecutors will drop all charges against Roger Ver, an early bitcoin investor known as “Bitcoin Jesus,” after he agreed to pay nearly $50 million in back taxes and penalties, authorities announced on Oct. 14. Ver, 46,

Education Department Layoffs Impact Special Education, Civil Rights Functions

LASOS summer campers hold up an art project at Bel Air High School in Bel Air, Md., on July 24, 2025. AP Photo/KT Kanazawich The 466 employees recently laid off in the already shrinking Department of Education were responsible for processing grants for special needs students and investigating discrimination and harassment complaints in schools. The

Senate Rejects Funding Plan a 9th Time as Shutdown Enters Third Week

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), joined by other House Republicans, speaks during the 15th day of the government shutdown at a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Oct. 15, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The Senate again failed to pass a continuing resolution that would temporarily fund the government as a shutdown of

Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump Admin’s Shutdown-Related Layoffs

President Donald Trump speaks to the media in the Oval Office of the White House, as Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum, Director of the Office of Management and Budget Russell Vought, and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem look on, on June 10, 2025. Evan Vucci/AP Photo A federal judge on Oct. 15 temporarily

Hegseth Warns US Will ‘Impose Costs’ If Russia Doesn’t End Ukraine War

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth addresses a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Oct. 15, 2025. Omar Havana/AP Photo Secretary of War Pete Hegseth warned Moscow on Oct. 15 that the United States and its NATO allies will “impose costs on Russia for its continued aggression” if it

Supreme Court Seems Inclined to Restrict Race-Based Districting

The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Oct. 6, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 15 seemed likely to limit the use of race-based districting during an oral argument concerning Louisiana’s congressional map. At the same time, some justices on the nation’s highest court pushed back against the idea that