Former New York Mets player Darryl Strawberry throws a ceremonial first pitch before Game Three of the National League Championship Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Mets at Citi Field in New York City on Oct. 16, 2024. Sarah Stier/Getty Images President Donald Trump has pardoned former New York Mets right fielder
The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Nov. 3, 2025.Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The U.S. Supreme Court issued a late-night order Nov. 7 temporarily pausing a lower court’s order requiring the federal government to fully fund food stamps in November after a federal appeals court declined to do so. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson issued an
Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva (D-Ariz.) speaks as she is surrounded by supporters who have urged that House Speaker Mike Johnson swear her in at the Capitol in Washington on Oct. 15, 2025. J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson’s office said Friday that the ongoing government shutdown has prevented him from seating a newly
The Department of Education in Washington on April 28, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times A federal judge said on Nov. 7 that the Department of Education violated the First Amendment by using employee email accounts to send out-of-office messages blaming Democrats for the ongoing government shutdown. “When government employees enter public service, they do not
Beef at a grocery store in Elkridge, Md., on Oct. 24, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The Department of Justice (DOJ) is investigating major meatpacking companies following allegations of price manipulation in the beef industry, Attorney General Pam Bondi said, after President Donald Trump called for immediate action. On Nov. 7, Trump said on his
Security guards walk the by the entrance to the John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse, in Boston, Mass., on April 14, 2023. Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images BOSTON—A group of unions representing federal civil servants filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government on Nov. 6 over a proposed so-called “loyalty question” on hiring forms that
A woman walks by a sign advertising the acceptance of food stamps, in Miami, Fla., on Oct. 31, 2025. Joe Raedle/Getty Images The Trump administration said it would fully fund Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for November as it seeks to appeal a district judge’s ruling. The confirmation came in a memo sent on