David Perdue, nominee to serve as U.S. ambassador to China, before his Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington on April 3, 2025. Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images U.S. Ambassador to China David Perdue reiterated in an Oct. 1 media appearance that U.S. policy on Taiwan hasn’t changed, following reports
A sign indicates that the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center is closed due to lack of funding from the government during the fifth day of the government shutdown in Washington on Oct. 5, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times A top White House economy official, Kevin Hassett, said Sunday that layoffs to the federal workforce could occur quickly
Piles of coal wait to be loaded into trucks at the Sufco Coal Mine, 30 miles east of Salina, Utah, on May 28, 2014. George Frey/Getty Images The Trump administration’s drive to boost United States’ coal production is gaining momentum with coal lease bids awarded in Alabama and Utah, new mine permits issued in Tennessee
Federal agents move back into the compound of Immigration and Customs Enforcement offices in Portland, Ore., on Oct. 4, 2025. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times A federal judge temporarily blocked the deployment of 200 National Guard troops to Portland on Oct. 4, as violent protesters continue to target federal immigration officers. The judge ruled that the
Protesters, both supportive of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility and those against it, meet outside of the ICE facility in Portland, Ore., on Oct. 3, 2025. Spencer Platt/Getty Images The Justice Department has launched a federal civil rights investigation into the Portland Police Department, examining whether the department engaged in viewpoint-based discrimination after
A convoy of Israeli tanks is deployed at Israel’s border with the Gaza Strip, on Sept. 16, 2025. Menahem Kahana/AFP/Getty Images President Donald Trump said on Oct. 4 that Israel has agreed to an initial withdrawal line in Gaza as part of his administration’s peace plan to end the war and secure the release of
Federal agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection walk along West Wacker Drive in the Loop in Chicago on Sept. 28, 2025. Ashlee Rezin/Chicago Sun-Times via AP Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said that the Trump administration plans to federalize 300 members of the Illinois National Guard. Pritzker accused Washington