President Donald Trump participates in a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington on Aug. 26, 2025. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump is expected to host a major meeting at the White House to discuss a comprehensive plan for Gaza’s future, as Israeli forces prepare to seize
President Donald Trump participates in a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington on Aug. 26, 2025. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump on Wednesday hosted a major meeting at the White House to discuss a comprehensive plan for Gaza’s future, as Israeli forces prepare to seize Gaza
Federal prosecutors failed to secure a felony indictment from a grand jury this week against an ex-Justice Department employee who admitted throwing a sandwich at a federal law enforcement officer in Washington, a source familiar with the case told CBS News. According to charging documents, Sean Dunn, 37, allegedly threw a “submarine-style sandwich” at a
Special counsel Jack Smith at the Justice Department in Washington on June 9, 2023. Alex Wong/Getty Images Attorneys for former special counsel Jack Smith responded to a federal watchdog investigation over potential Hatch Act violations, saying the probe is “unfounded.” Smith had brought two criminal cases against President Donald Trump. The Office of Special Counsel
The state capitol building in Des Moines, Iowa, on Jan. 15, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times Democrat Catelin Drey won an Aug. 26 special election for Iowa Senate District 1, flipping a Republican-held seat and breaking the GOP’s supermajority in the chamber. Drey defeated Republican Christopher Prosch with 4,208 votes (55 percent) to Prosch’s 3,411
The Senate side of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on July 14, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times President Donald Trump has called for an end to the Senate tradition known as the “blue slip,” despite resistance from Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa). The blue slip is a tradition that allows senators from the
Washington — Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Salvadoran man who was taken into immigration custody after he was released pending a criminal trial, has asked an immigration judge to reopen his immigration proceedings and is seeking asylum in the United States, his lawyer said during a court hearing Wednesday. Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg, Abrego Garcia’s attorney, told a