Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.), joined by other Senate Republicans, speaks during the 15th day of the government shutdown at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Oct. 15, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The Senate blocked a bill on Oct. 16 to fund the War Department (formally known as the Defense
Police stand outside the Broadway-Lafayette subway station where Jordan Neely was fatally choked by a fellow passenger a week ago on May 10, 2023, in New York City. Spencer Platt/Getty Images A federal judge has permanently blocked the the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from withholding around $34 million in funding to New York City’s
President Donald Trump said he spoke on the phone at length with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday. Trump said he and Putin have agreed to meet in Budapest, Hungary. Trump is set to make an announcement in the Oval Office. NTD has the details. As the government shutdown enters its 16th day, NTD examines
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem (2nd L) tours “Camp 57,” a facility to house immigration detainees at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, La., with Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry (3rd L) and ICE Deputy Director Madison Sheahan (L) on Sept. 3, 2025. Gerald Herbert/Pool/AFP via Getty Images Illegal immigrants who want to stay in the
Washington — President Trump says he and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet in Budapest to discuss how to end Russia’s war in Ukraine, following what Mr. Trump described as a “lengthy” call with the Russian president Thursday. Mr. Trump didn’t say when the meeting would take place. On Friday, he will be meeting with
Washington — Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Thursday he plans to move ahead with a bill to impose sanctions on Russia that has overwhelming bipartisan support, saying the “time has come.” “I think we need to move,” the South Dakota Republican said at the Capitol, shortly after President Trump shared that he was on
President Trump is once again turning his attention to ending Russia’s war on Ukraine after brokering a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. Ahead of a key White House meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday, Mr. Trump said during an address to Israel’s legislature on Tuesday that ending the worst conflict in