All DHS workers to be paid by end of week for past 6 weeks of shutdown

Chimney Rock, North Carolina — Markwayne Mullin, the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, promised Tuesday that DHS employees affected by the ongoing government shutdown can expect to receive paychecks by the end of the week. Mullin, who was traveling for his first official visit as DHS secretary, in Chimney Rock, North Carolina, said

Acting Attorney General Says DOJ Now Targeting ‘Fraud Crisis’ Across US

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche speaks to reporters in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on June 27, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said Tuesday that the Department of Justice (DOJ) is now centering its efforts on targeting what he called the “fraud crisis” plaguing

Michigan’s El-Sayed Suggests Hasan Piker’s ‘America Deserved 9/11’ Remark Must Be Viewed in ‘Context’

The left-wing Democratic Senate candidate is scheduled to campaign with streamer Hasan Piker later on Tuesday Abdul El-Sayed (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) and Hasan Piker (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images for Vanity Fair) The left-wing Democratic candidate for Michigan’s open Senate seat, Abdul El-Sayed, defended his decision to campaign with Hasan Piker, who said

White House Says US Already in Cuba Talks, as Democratic Lawmakers Return Urging Negotiations

Reps. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) (C-L) and Jonathan Jackson (D-Ill.) (C-R) pose for photojournalists at the Malecon in Havana on April 4, 2026. Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo The White House says the United States is already in talks with Cuba, as two Democratic lawmakers returned from a five-day congressional delegation to the island on April 5, calling

Iran Calls for Its People to Form Human Chains Surrounding Power Plants

Iranian officials are urging their people to form human chains around power plants as they face a deadline set by U.S. President Donald Trump. As the deadline is ticking closer, Trump threatened intense strikes that he said could destroy a civilization. Find out what the administration has said, and how Iran is responding. Act… Original