Former FBI Director James Comey is sworn in prior to testifying before a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 8, 2017. Jonathan Ernst/Reuters Lawyers for Former FBI Director James Comey have asked the court to dismiss two federal charges
Protesters gather in front of Immigration and Customs Enforcement offices in Portland, Ore., on Oct. 4, 2025. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times A federal appeals court on Oct. 30 temporarily reinstated a previous order that recognizes President Donald Trump’s authority to federalize state National Guard troops to deal with violence directed against federal immigration facilities in
Nearly 42 million Americans will have less money in their food budget in November if the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known as SNAP, is allowed to run out of funds. President Donald Trump promised on Oct. 29 to find additional funding for the program amid the month-long government shutdown. A federal judge is also considering
Members of the U.S. National Guard patrol in Lafayette Square near the White House on Aug. 29, 2025. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images The Trump administration is intensifying its push to combat high levels of crime in the nation’s capital, revealing on Oct. 30 a new recruitment campaign soliciting elite federal officers for the streets
A TikTok building in Culver City, Calif., on March 17, 2023. Damian Dovarganes/AP Photo China has approved a transfer agreement with the United States for the popular TikTok social media app, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced on Oct. 30. Chinese leader Xi Jinping told U.S. President Donald Trump at the beginning of their meeting
People stand around the statue of Confederate Gen. Albert Pike after it was toppled by vandals in Washington on June 19, 2020. Eric Baradat/AFP via Getty Images WASHINGTON—The statue of a Confederate general in the District of Columbia was restored over the weekend, after being toppled and set on fire during the 2020 George Floyd
Democratic National Committee chairman Ken Martin speaks after winning the vote at the DNC’s winter meeting in National Harbor, Md., on Feb. 1, 2025. Rod Lamkey, Jr./AP Photo With less than a week until Election Day, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) is mounting an aggressive final push in New Jersey, Virginia, and Pennsylvania, where party