Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland led a news conference on Tuesday outside the headquarters of the Office of Management and Budget with other lawmakers who represent Maryland and Virginia. The Democrats blasted Republicans and the White House for the shutdown and its impact on federal workers. “When Donald Trump shuts down the federal government,
President Trump posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom — the government’s highest civilian honor — to conservative activist and Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk on Tuesday, over a month after he was fatally shot on a Utah college campus. During a ceremony in the White House’s Rose Garden on what would have been
Former U.S. President Barrack Obama speaks at the 2024 DNC held in Chicago, Ill., on Aug. 20, 2024. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times Former President Barack Obama urges Democrats to favor pragmatism over purity tests, saying democratic politics requires “an acceptance of partial victory” and that “better is good.” During a wide-ranging conversation on the final
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A screenshot of the moment before a U.S. military strike on a vessel suspected of carrying narcotics through international waters near Venezuela on Oct. 14, 2025. @realDonaldTrump via Truth Social U.S. forces conducted a new lethal strike on a drug trafficking boat off the coast of Venezuela on Oct. 14, according to President Donald Trump.
Chinese workers place bottles of cooking oil at a supermarket in Hefei, Anhui Province, China, in this file photo. STR/AFP/Getty Images President Donald Trump said on Oct. 14 that he is considering ending cooking oil and other goods trade with China as “retribution” for Beijing’s refusal to buy American soybeans during the two nations’ trade
Chinese workers place bottles of cooking oil at a supermarket in Hefei, Anhui Province, China, in this file photo. STR/AFP/Getty Images President Donald Trump said on Oct. 14 that he is considering ending cooking oil and other goods trade with China as “retribution” for Beijing’s refusal to buy American soybeans during the two nations’ trade