The Trump administration is looking into whether Minnesota tax money found its way to al Shabaab, a U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organization and al Qaeda affiliate based in Somalia, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Monday. Bessent wrote on X that the Treasury is “investigating allegations that under the feckless mismanagement of the Biden Administration and Governor
Washington — President Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff are meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Tuesday, a White House source confirmed, as Mr. Trump presses for an end to the fighting in Ukraine. The meeting comes after U.S. and Ukrainian officials held talks in Florida over the
Washington — The White House on Monday said a U.S. attack on an alleged drug boat in September included more than one strike on the vessel, seemingly confirming a Washington Post report that the U.S. targeted the boat for a second time to take out survivors of the initial attack. The Post reported on Friday
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) takes part in the weekly press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Nov. 19, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said on Dec. 1 that three of his offices in New York were targeted by bomb threats. Schumer said in a post on
The President Trump convened a meeting of his national security team to talk about Venezuela and what the U.S. will do next amid heightened tensions in the region. It comes amid fresh scrutiny of one of the 21 U.S. strikes on alleged drug boats. Weijia Jiang reports, then “CBS Evening News” co-anchor John Dickerson speaks
Hundreds of supporters attended an early morning for Republican candidate Matt Van Epps in Franklin, Tenn., on Dec. 1, 2025. Jacki Thrapp/The Epoch Times CLARKSVILLE, Tenn.—High-profile Republicans flew to Tennessee on Dec. 1 to boost support for candidate Matt Van Epps, one day before the special election for the state’s Seventh Congressional District seat. Epps,
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent at a press conference in Aylesbury, England, on Sept. 18, 2025. Leon Neal/Pool via Reuters The Treasury Department is investigating claims that Minnesota taxpayer funds were stolen by fraudulent nonprofits and rerouted to the Al-Shabaab terrorist group in Somalia, according to Secretary Scott Bessent on Dec. 1. Bessent made the announcement