TSA Allows Passengers to Keep Shoes on at Airport Checkpoints, Noem says

A TSA agent waits for passengers to use the TSA PreCheck lane being implemented by the Transportation Security Administration at Miami International Airport on Oct. 4, 2011, in Miami, Fla.. Joe Raedle/Getty Images The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is ending its decades-long policy of having passengers take off their shoes at airport security checkpoints, Homeland

Trump, Netanyahu Meet for 2nd Consecutive Day at White House to Discuss Gaza

President Donald Trump hosts Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for a dinner in the Blue Room of the White House on July 7, 2025. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images WASHINGTON—U.S. President Donald Trump is hosting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on July 8 for a second consecutive day. Trump said the meeting would

Supreme Court Clears Way for Mass Federal Layoffs

The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on June 3, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times The Supreme Court on July 8 lifted a lower court order preventing the Trump administration from carrying out job cuts en masse and restructuring federal agencies. The new ruling lifts U.S. District Judge Susan Illston’s prior order that put large-scale layoffs

Senate Democrats Propose Bill Requiring Visible IDs, Fewer Masks for Immigration Officers

ICE agents and federal law enforcement partners arrest a suspected illegal immigrant. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Senate Democrats introduced legislation on July 8 that would require federal immigration officers to wear visible identification during enforcement actions and limit the use of face coverings. The bill, known as the VISIBLE Act of 2025, is sponsored

AG Bondi Clarifies Remarks on Epstein Files

Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks during a cabinet meeting hosted by President Donald Trump in the Cabinet Room of the White House on July 8, 2025. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty images U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi on Tuesday afternoon clarified previous remarks on files related to the late sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, saying that previous

Federal Judge Orders Trump Admin Not to Cut Off Planned Parenthood Funding

A cyclist rides past a Planned Parenthood clinic in Chicago on May 18, 2018. Scott Olson/Getty Images A federal judge on July 7 paused a provision in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act that temporarily prevents Planned Parenthood clinics from receiving Medicaid reimbursements. U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani of Massachusetts issued the temporary restraining order