Trump: “Hard for me” to give money to NYC if “communist” Mamdani is mayor

President Trump weighed in on the closely watched race for New York City mayor in an exclusive interview with 60 Minutes, again suggesting he may withhold federal funding to New York if Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani is elected. The 34-year-old Queens assemblyman has proposed policies he says address affordability in the city, like free child

Bessent Suggests US Already in Housing Recession, Calls for Lower Interest Rates

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks with reporters outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington on Oct. 22, 2025. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images The U.S. housing market and other parts of the economy may already be in a recession due to high interest rates, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday, reiterating that the

Asylum Applications Hit Record High in Final Year of Biden Administration: OECD

Suspected human smugglers drive ATVs on the Mexican side of the United States border wall near Jacumba, Calif., on Oct. 31, 2023. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times The United States registered record-high asylum applications during the final year of the Biden administration, accounting for more than half of all filings across developed nations, according to a

Trump Says Mass Deportation Operation Hasn’t ‘Gone Far Enough’

President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Feb. 11, 2025. Kevin Lamarque/Reuters President Donald Trump said in a new interview that he believes Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) actions targeting illegal immigrants “haven’t gone far enough” as his administration continues to launch operations across multiple major U.S.

Government shutdown nears record for longest ever as Senate returns

President Trump late Sunday called again for the Senate to do away with the filibuster, the 60-vote threshold needed to advance most legislation. The comments come after he urged Republicans late last week to take “the Nuclear Option” to reopen the government without Democratic votes. “TERMINATE THE FILIBUSTER, NOT JUST FOR THE SHUTDOWN, BUT FOR

China denies Trump’s claim that it’s testing nuclear weapons

China’s Foreign Ministry responded on Monday to President Trump’s assertion that Beijing has conducted clandestine nuclear weapons testing with a flat denial. “China’s testing ’em too,” Mr. Trump told CBS News correspondent Norah O’Donnell in an interview for 60 Minutes. “You just don’t know about it.” “Russia’s testing, and China’s testing, but they don’t talk