A suspected drug smuggling vessel burns the day after the crew of Coast Guard Cutter Diligence (WMEC 616) fired upon it in the Caribbean Sea, on Sept. 7, 2025. U.S. Coast Guard photo U.S. forces recently targeted a submersible vessel suspected of trafficking narcotics, President Donald Trump said during an Oct. 17 White House press
Washington — The head of the White House Office of Management and Budget said Friday that the Trump administration will be pausing more than $11 billion in Army Corps of Engineers projects, including in four Democratic-led cities, continuing its efforts to increase pressure on Democrats as the government shutdown is poised to extend into another
For the first time in more than 60 years, CBS News will close out the week without a workspace in the Pentagon after declining — along with nearly every major news organization — to sign onto new press requirements that reporters’ associations say could infringe on their First Amendment rights. CBS News had radio correspondents
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.), joined by other Senate Republicans, speaks to reporters as the government is on verge of shutdown amid partisan standoff, on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 30, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The United States Senate will vote on a measure to ensure that U.S. military servicemembers and other
The Department of the Interior building sign in Washington on Dec. 12, 2018. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times After a federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s plans to initiate mass layoffs during the government shutdown, a union that filed the lawsuit said in court papers that the Department of the Interior (DOI) is planning to
U.S. President Donald Trump greets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the White House in Washington on Oct. 17, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump is hosting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House on Friday to discuss the ongoing war in Ukraine. During the meeting, Trump expressed hope that he would be
Students walk between classes in front of College Hall on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia on Sept. 25, 2017. Charles Mostoller/Reuters Two more universities have declined to sign President Donald Trump’s Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education, bringing the total number of nays to four, with five schools still undecided.