Trump pushes back on Jeffrey Epstein question: “This creep?”

President Trump criticized a reporter for asking about Jeffrey Epstein in a Tuesday Cabinet meeting, calling the questions a “desecration,” one day after the Justice Department found the convicted sex offender died by suicide and did not have a “client list.” The moment came after a reporter asked Attorney General Pam Bondi about the department’s

Supreme Court Clears Way for Mass Federal Layoffs

The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on June 3, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times The Supreme Court on July 8 lifted a lower court order preventing the Trump administration from carrying out job cuts en masse and restructuring federal agencies. The new ruling lifts U.S. District Judge Susan Illston’s prior order that put large-scale layoffs

Waltz confirmation hearing planned for next week, source says

Duckworth on Waltz U.N. ambassador nod Sen. Tammy Duckworth says Mike Waltz will have a “brutal hearing” for U.N. ambassador 08:20 Washington — President Trump’s nominee for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Mike Waltz, is expected to appear before senators next week for his confirmation hearing, a source familiar with the schedule confirmed to

Senate Democrats Propose Bill Requiring Visible IDs, Fewer Masks for Immigration Officers

ICE agents and federal law enforcement partners arrest a suspected illegal immigrant. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Senate Democrats introduced legislation on July 8 that would require federal immigration officers to wear visible identification during enforcement actions and limit the use of face coverings. The bill, known as the VISIBLE Act of 2025, is sponsored

AG Bondi Clarifies Remarks on Epstein Files

Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks during a cabinet meeting hosted by President Donald Trump in the Cabinet Room of the White House on July 8, 2025. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty images U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi on Tuesday afternoon clarified previous remarks on files related to the late sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, saying that previous