Solicitor General nominee D. John Sauer prepares to testify during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill on Feb. 26, 2025. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images The federal government on Aug. 26 filed an application with the U.S. Supreme Court seeking to suspend a court order that is preventing it from freezing billions
The smokestack at the former B.L. England coal and oil burning power plant in Upper Township, N.J., is toppled during a demolition on Oct. 26, 2023. AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey Energy Secretary Chris Wright vows that the Department of Energy (DOE) will continue to use its authority under the century-old Federal Power Act to stall the
The orders threatened to withhold federal funding from states that do not comply. Add to My List Save President Donald Trump holds up a signed executive order that aims to end cashless bail, in the Oval Office on Aug. 25, 2025. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images By Stacy Robinson | August 26, 2025Updated:August 26, 2025
U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks alongside Education Secretary Linda McMahon as President Donald Trump holds a cabinet meeting with members of his administration in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington on Aug. 26, 2025. This is the seventh cabinet meeting of Trump’s second term. Chip
Director of the Office of Management and Budget Russ Vought testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 25, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The Trump administration has repealed 30 regulations for each new regulation, Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought announced on Aug. 26. During a Cabinet meeting, Vought noted that a
DNC Chair Ken Martin speaks during a Resolutions Committee meeting, at the party’s summer meeting in Minneapolis on Aug. 26, 2025. Screenshot from video A Democratic National Committee (DNC) panel approved a slate of measures at its summer meeting in Minneapolis, while two Gaza-related measures produced the day’s largest split. Early in the Aug. 26
People wait as videos are displayed as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) holds a major hiring event on in Arlington, Texas, on Aug. 26, 2025. Ron Jenkins/Getty Images ARLINGTON, Texas—Despite protesters, hundreds of vehicles filled the parking lot on the first day of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) recruiting event to attract more