U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said on Friday that she is suspending payments on all active and future awards from the USDA to Minnesota amid the long-running fraud scandal in which the White House has alleged a misuse of federal funds. In a letter addressed to Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, Rollins
President Trump is calling for a 10% cap on credit card interest rates for one year, an idea that has drawn strong support from lawmakers in both parties but pushback from card issuers. “Please be informed that we will no longer let the American Public be ‘ripped off’ by Credit Card Companies that are charging
The Federal Bureau of Investigation in Washington on Oct. 21, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The FBI plans to promote Christopher Raia, the chief of its New York field office, to the position of deputy director after Dan Bongino’s recent departure from the position, the agency confirmed to The Epoch Times on Jan. 9. Bongino,
An electrified Wrangler 4xe at a Jeep charging station. Courtesy of Jeep/Stellantis Automotive giant Stellantis will stop selling its plug-in hybrid electric Jeep Wrangler and Grand Cherokee models and Chrysler Pacifica minivans in the United States amid sluggish electric vehicle sales, the company announced on Friday. “Stellantis will phase out plug-in hybrid programs in North
U.S. seizes fifth oil tanker as Trump encourages oil executives to invest in Venezuela – CBS News Watch CBS News The U.S. military seized a fifth oil tanker linked to Venezuela. It comes as President Trump met with oil executives about investing in Venezuela’s oil industry. Nancy Cordes and Charlie D’Agata have more. link.lazyload {
San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie told CBS News Friday that he was able to convince President Trump in a phone call several months ago not to deploy federal agents to San Francisco. In a live interview with “CBS Evening News” anchor Tony Dokoupil, Lurie, a moderate Democrat, said that the president called him while he
Prosecutors in the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division were told they will not play a role in the ongoing investigation into a fatal shooting of a woman in Minneapolis by a federal immigration officer, according to two sources familiar with the matter. Leadership in the Civil Rights Division, overseen by Harmeet Dhillon, informed staff in