Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-La.) leads a news conference with Republican congressional leadership on the first day of the government shutdown, outside the U.S. Capitol on Oct. 1, 2025. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images Federal workers who have been furloughed during the ongoing U.S. government shutdown are not guaranteed to receive back pay
Attorney General Pam Bondi testified about a wide array of topics before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Oct. 7, defending some of the Justice Department’s moves while sparring with Democratic senators. The hearing, which was intended for oversight, featured questions about the department’s investigations into high-profile figures such as convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and
U.S. President Donald Trump greets Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at the White House in Washington on Oct. 7, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump welcomed Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to the White House on Oct. 7 and suggested the Canadian delegation is in a better position to leave Washington with a
The Senate Armed Services Committee holds a hearing to examine threats and challenges posed to Department of Defense personnel and operations from adversarial access to publicly available data coupled with advanced data analysis tools now widely available on the commercial market, at 2:30 p.m. ET on Oct. 7. Original News Source Link – Epoch TimesRunning
The Senate Armed Services Committee holds a hearing to examine threats and challenges posed to Department of Defense personnel and operations from adversarial access to publicly available data coupled with advanced data analysis tools now widely available on the commercial market, at 2:30 p.m. ET on Oct. 7. Original News Source Link – Epoch TimesRunning
U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff and President Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner are planning to head to Egypt on Tuesday and arrive there Wednesday, according to a source familiar with the matter, as indirect peace talks between Israel and Hamas continue. White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said on Monday that Witkoff and Kushner were on hand to take
Sen. Thom Tillis, a North Carolina Republican, asked Bondi about the deployment of the National Guard in cities, posing questions about the politics of the moves for the GOP. “I’m having a real struggle right now with the National Guard being deployed and masking the abject failure of leaders at the state and local level,”