The U.S. Capitol building in Washington on Sept. 29, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times Lawmakers have no clear path to avoiding a government shutdown that will occur at 12:01 a.m. on Oct. 1 without congressional action. Republicans and Democrats remain at odds over a proposed stopgap spending bill after a Sept. 29 meeting between Congressional
A man chooses his piece of wood from the lumber section at a home improvement retailer in Temple City, Calif, on Sept. 10, 2025. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images President Donald Trump signed a proclamation on Sept. 29 imposing a 10 percent tariff on imports of softwood timber and lumber, along with a 25
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker speaks during a press conference with Texas Democrats at the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades union hall in Aurora, Ill., on Aug. 5, 2025. Scott Olson/Getty Images Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said on Sept. 29 that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) had requested that the Pentagon deploy 100
Harvard banners hang in front of Widener Library during the 374th Harvard Commencement in Harvard Yard in Cambridge, Mass., on May 29, 2025. Rick Friedman/AFP via Getty Images The Trump administration said on Sept. 29 that it was referring Harvard University for proceedings that could end with the university losing federal funding over alleged civil
President Donald Trump (R) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold a joint news conference in the State Dining Room at the White House on Sept. 29, 2025. Alex Wong/Getty Images WASHINGTON—U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reached an agreement on Sept. 29 on the U.S.-proposed Gaza peace plan introduced last
A young woman with a smartphone walks past a billboard advertisement for YouTube in Berlin, Germany, on Sept. 27, 2019. Sean Gallup/Getty Images YouTube agreed to pay $24.5 million to President Donald Trump to settle a lawsuit over suspending his account in 2021, according to documents filed in court on Sept. 29. The social media
Pro-Palestinian protesters at a campus encampment at California State University, Los Angeles, in Los Angeles on May 6, 2024. Etienne Laurent/AFP/Getty Images The Trump administration has launched an investigation into all 22 campuses of the California State University (CSU) system over allegations of anti-Semitism and racial discrimination. Chancellor Mildred Garcia said in a Sept. 26