Labor Unions Sue Over Trump Admin Freezing $400 Million in Funding to Columbia University

The lawsuit was filed after the Ivy League school agreed to conditions for protecting Jewish students in the future. Organizations representing K-12 and higher education teachers asked a federal judge to restore $400 million in grants the Trump administration rescinded from Columbia University following an investigation into campus anti-Semitism. The lawsuit, filed March 25 in

Senate Democrats Question Social Security Administrator Nominee Over DOGE

Last week, a federal judge temporarily blocked DOGE from accessing the personal data systems at the agency. Senate Democrats questioned Frank Bisignano, President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Social Security Administration (SSA) on March 25 about the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) operating inside the agency, including accessing databases. Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member

Trump Directs Treasury to Use Electronic Payments, Not Paper Checks

Paper checks impose unnecessary costs and are more subject to fraud, the president says. Another order centralizes payments in the Treasure Dept. President Donald Trump signed an executive order March 25 calling for the Treasury Department to use electronic payments instead of paper checks, a step aimed at reducing waste and fraud. White House staff

A Look at Trump’s Tariff Plan to Revive the US Auto Industry

​​The U.S. trade deficit reached a record high of more than $1.2 trillion in 2024. Automobiles and parts accounted for nearly a quarter of that. In a bid to reverse the trade imbalance, President Donald Trump in February introduced a plan to impose reciprocal tariffs to “level the playing field” on trade and address what his

Vance to Visit Greenland as Denmark Condemns US ‘Pressure’ on Territory

The vice president will join his wife and national security officials on a trip to Greenland as the territory pushes back on Trump’s plans for U.S. control. Vice President JD Vance will visit Greenland on March 28 alongside his wife and senior national security officials from the Trump administration. Vance announced in a short March

House GOP Moves to Censure Rep. Crockett Over Comments About Texas Governor

A Republican-led effort seeks to censure Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) for referring to Greg Abbott as “Governor Hot Wheels.” Rep. Randy Weber (R-Texas) confirmed the move in a brief statement on X. “I plan to introduce a bill to censure Jasmine Crockett for her disgraceful and vile attacks against our Governor of Texas,” he wrote,

Release of JFK Files Marred by Redactions, Exemptions

WASHINGTON—Some newly released files related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy are missing key pieces of information, and others are completely absent from the records, The Epoch Times discovered while reviewing thousands of documents in person at the National Archives. Approximately 80,000 documents were released on March 19 by President Donald Trump pursuant