Hamas gunmen on pickup trucks escort buses carrying freed Palestinian prisoners as they are greeted following their release from Israeli jails under a cease-fire agreement between Hamas and Israel, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on Oct. 13, 2025. Jehad Alshrafi/AP Photo U.S. President Donald Trump said on Oct. 16 that if the Hamas terrorist
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.), joined by other Senate Republicans, speaks during the 15th day of the government shutdown at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Oct. 15, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The Senate blocked a bill on Oct. 16 to fund the War Department (formally known as the Defense
Police stand outside the Broadway-Lafayette subway station where Jordan Neely was fatally choked by a fellow passenger a week ago on May 10, 2023, in New York City. Spencer Platt/Getty Images A federal judge has permanently blocked the the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from withholding around $34 million in funding to New York City’s
President Donald Trump said he spoke on the phone at length with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday. Trump said he and Putin have agreed to meet in Budapest, Hungary. Trump is set to make an announcement in the Oval Office. NTD has the details. As the government shutdown enters its 16th day, NTD examines
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem (2nd L) tours “Camp 57,” a facility to house immigration detainees at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, La., with Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry (3rd L) and ICE Deputy Director Madison Sheahan (L) on Sept. 3, 2025. Gerald Herbert/Pool/AFP via Getty Images Illegal immigrants who want to stay in the
University of Montana student Maddie Grebb leads a chant in opposition to President Donald Trump’s energy policies across the street from the federal courthouse in Missoula, Mont., on Sept. 17, 2025. Ben Allan Smith/The Missoulian via AP A federal judge on Oct. 15 dismissed a lawsuit attempting to block President Donald Trump’s executive orders that
Border czar Tom Homan speaks to reporters at the White House press briefing in Washington on April 28, 2025. Travis Gillmore/The Epoch Times White House border czar Tom Homan denied reports that he accepted $50,000 in cash from undercover FBI agents as part of a counterintelligence investigation in 2024. “I didn’t take $50,000 from anybody,”