Barack Obama. Jimmy Carter. Woodrow Wilson. Teddy Roosevelt. Al Gore. And Donald Trump? President Trump hopes to join the exclusive list of presidents and vice presidents who have received one of the world’s most prestigious honors: the Nobel Peace Prize, which will be announced Friday. The international award honors people or organizations whose work makes
Then-Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President, Donald Trump, poses for photos with the family of Edan Alexander at Ohel Chabad Lubavitch in New York City, on Oct. 7, 2024.PMichael M. Santiago/Getty Images WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump invited Edan Alexander—the last American hostage freed from Hamas terrorists—to the Oval Office on Oct. 7, the second anniversary
A sign indicates that the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center is closed due to lack of funding from the government during the fifth day of the government shutdown in Washington on Oct. 5, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times As the government shutdown approaches its eighth day, senators are weighing in on the White House’s new threats to
Matt Van Epps is projected to win a crowded Republican primary Tuesday in the special election to replace a former Tennessee GOP congressman, according to the Associated Press. Van Epps will face off in December against Democratic state Rep. Aftyn Behn, who is projected to win a four-way primary for the Democratic nomination. Van Epps
The U.S. Capitol at sunset on Sept. 30, 2025. Mehmet Eser/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images Senate Republicans confirmed more than 100 people nominated by President Donald Trump to fill vacant government positions on Oct. 7. Passing along party lines with a vote of 51-47, the confirmed appointees include more than two dozen ambassadorships, as
U.S. Seventh Congressional District candidate Matt Van Epps speaks during a political forum in Dickson, Tenn., on Sept. 8, 2025. George Walker IV/AP Photo Matt Van Epps, Tennessee’s former commissioner of General Services, won a special primary election for the Republican nomination to the U.S. House of Representatives from the state’s 7th congressional district on
U.S. Seventh Congressional District candidate Matt Van Epps speaks during a political forum in Dickson, Tenn., on Sept. 8, 2025. George Walker IV/AP Photo Matt Van Epps, Tennessee’s former commissioner of General Services, won a special primary election for the Republican nomination to the U.S. House of Representatives from the state’s 7th congressional district on