The Department of Health and Human Services has asked some laid-off staff if they could return to work temporarily, as the department grapples with a backlog of grants that has swelled to more than a billion dollars in the wake of hurdles set up by DOGE. Multiple HHS officials, who were not authorized to speak
Washington — The State Department on Friday began laying off more than 1,300 staffers as it seeks to cut the size of its U.S. workforce by about 15%, part of the Trump administration’s sweeping plan to reorganize the department. The involuntary staff reductions include 1,107 civil service and 246 foreign service employees, according to a
White House border czar Tom Homan speaks with the media at the White House in Washington on June 30, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times White House border czar Tom Homan said that the United States is aiming to reach deals with several countries to accept deported illegal immigrants whose countries of origin won’t take them
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 25, 2025. Kent Nishimura/Getty Images Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought has criticized Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell in a letter dated July 10 and said he is concerned about the renovation cost for the central bank’s headquarters in
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio gives a media briefing during the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting at the Convention Center in Kuala Lumpur on July 11, 2025. Mandel Ngan /POOL/AFP via Getty Images U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio expressed optimism about the possibility of a meeting between President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi
Washington — President Trump and first lady Melania Trump are heading to Central Texas on Friday to survey the devastation wrought by last week’s deadly flooding, as first responders and family members continue their search for the missing. The Trumps will speak with local officials and first responders in Kerrville, Texas, as the death toll
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov in Moscow on April 12, 2023. The Federal Assembly of The Russian Federation via AP Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov on Thursday downplayed the cooling of relations between Moscow and Washington after the United States threatened a new round of sanctions. When asked during a press conference in