People shop at a grocery store in Columbia, Md., on June 8, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times President Donald Trump’s administration intensified efforts on Wednesday to combat rising beef prices, calling on domestic cattle ranchers to lower prices for consumers while also releasing a multi-agency strategy to restock the nation’s depleted cattle herd. Beef prices in
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks at a press conference on the sidelines of the IMF/World Bank annual meetings in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 15, 2025. Ken Cedeno/Reuters U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confirmed on Oct. 22 that the United States is weighing export controls on software and aircraft engines to China if Beijing does
U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands during a press conference following their meeting to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, in Anchorage, Alaska, on Aug. 15, 2025. Kevin Lamarque/Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump said on Oct. 22 that he has, for now, canceled an
The U.S. Capitol building during the government shutdown in Washington on Oct. 20, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times WASHINGTON—Republicans and Democrats showed no signs of agreement as a government shutdown reached 22 days, making it the second-longest in history. A Republican-backed stopgap funding measure on Oct. 22 again failed to gain the 60 votes needed
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte (L) shakes hands with U.S. President Donald Trump during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on Oct. 22, 2025. Alex Wong/Getty Images WASHINGTON—U.S. President Donald Trump hosted NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte at the White House on Oct. 22 to discuss the ongoing war in Ukraine.
California state Sen. Scott Wiener speaks at a “Just Majority” nationwide bus tour press conference to call for reforms to the U.S. Supreme Court on May 16, 2023, in Sacramento, Calif. Kimberly White/Getty Images for Demand Justice California state Sen. Scott Wiener, a Democrat, launched a campaign on Wednesday to unseat U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi
Former U.S. Sen. John E. Sununu, in a file photo. Former U.S. Sen. John E. Sununu, a member of the prominent Sununu political family, on Oct. 22 entered the 2026 U.S. Senate election in New Hampshire as a Republican candidate. Sununu announced his candidacy with a video posted on X, pitching himself as a bipartisan