An EBT sign is displayed on the window of a grocery store in the Flatbush neighborhood of the New York City borough of Brooklyn on Oct. 30, 2025. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images The Trump administration is waiting to hear from the courts on funding food stamp benefits for low-income Americans during the ongoing government shutdown,
Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth attends the ASEAN—United States Defence Ministers Hi-Tea at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Defence Ministers’ Meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Nov. 1, 2025. Hasnoor Hussain/POOL/AFP via Getty Images U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said on Nov. 2 that the United States is seeking deeper military ties with
In an exclusive interview airing Sunday on 60 Minutes, President Trump said that Chinese President Xi Jinping knows “the consequences” of military action in Taiwan, but he declined to expand on his plan if China were to invade the island, telling correspondent Norah O’Donnell: “I can’t give away my secrets.” “One potential flashpoint with China,
The Trump administration’s deportation program has divided Americans in recent months, marked by consistently strong backing from Republicans and MAGA Republicans, in particular, and less so among others. Earlier in President Trump’s term, it had larger majority approval, but since mid-summer, the program has hovered around more even division. Its approval is a bit higher
A U.S. military strike on a drug-laden vessel in the Caribbean on Nov. 2, 2025. Screenshot via The Epoch Times/X/Department of War The U.S. military carried out a strike on a vessel it said was smuggling illicit narcotics to the United States, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth confirmed in an X post in the early
The Amazon Fort Powhatan Solar Farm in Disputanta, Va., on Aug. 19, 2022. Drew Angerer/Getty Images The Nov. 4 New Jersey and Virginia gubernatorial races are being closely watched as they spotlight issues that could determine how campaigns nationwide approach 2026’s midterm elections. In both mid-Atlantic states’ elections, voters’ chief concerns include taxes, health care,
The Amazon Fort Powhatan solar farm in Disputanta, Va., on Aug. 19, 2022. Drew Angerer/Getty Images The Nov. 4 New Jersey and Virginia gubernatorial races are being closely watched, as they spotlight issues that could determine how campaigns nationwide approach the 2026 midterm elections. In both mid-Atlantic states’ elections, voters’ chief concerns include taxes, health