The U.S. Department of Labor in Washington on Sept. 9, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt stated on Nov. 12 that the government shutdown may have prevented key October economic data from ever being released. House lawmakers voted to end the six-week-old spending impasse in a 222–209 vote on Wednesday,
U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Brad Cooper, who heads the Navy’s Bahrain-based 5th Fleet, speaks at an event at the International Defense Exhibition and Conference in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on Feb. 21, 2023. Jon Gambrell/AP Photo U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a Nov. 12 statement that the capabilities of the ISIS terrorist group
President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, on Nov. 10, 2025. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images President Donald Trump remains committed to paying $2,000 to many Americans from funds from tariff revenues, the White House said on Nov. 12, adding that officials are exploring how to make the president’s proposal happen.
Fresh nuts, bolts, and fittings are ready to be added to the east leg of the pipeline near St. Ignace as Enbridge prepares to test the east and west sides of the Line 5 pipeline under the Straits of Mackinac in Mackinaw City, Mich., on June 8, 2017. The Canadian Press/AP, Detroit News-Dale G. Young
The U.S. Capitol building on the 41st day of the government shutdown, the longest in U.S. history, in Washington on Nov. 10, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times WASHINGTON—After more than 40 days, Congress has passed legislation to end the government shutdown. The bill funds the government through Jan. 30, 2026. We had a problem loading
A worker at a factory for Xinwangda Electric Vehicle Battery Co. Ltd, which makes lithium batteries for electric cars and other uses, in Nanjing in China’s eastern Jiangsu province on March 12, 2021. STR/AFP via Getty Images A bipartisan congressional report published Wednesday revealed the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) manipulates critical minerals markets to further
Secretary of State Marco Rubio listens before interrupting President Donald Trump during a roundtable meeting on Antifa in the State Dining Room at the White House on Oct. 8, 2025. AP Photo/Evan Vucci U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio dismissed media reports that the United Kingdom ceased sharing intelligence related to narcotics-carrying maritime crafts because