Washington — House Speaker Mike Johnson said he understands President Trump’s frustration with Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, but reiterated that he’s uncertain about “what the legal parameters are” if the president fires him. Mr. Trump has lashed out at Powell, accusing him of not acting quickly enough to slash interest rates — the Fed
President Donald Trump signs the spending and tax legislation known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” at the White House on July 4, 2025. Ken Cedeno/Reuters President Donald Trump signed a bill on July 24 to claw back $9 billion in federal spending. Ahead of the signing, Trump said on Truth Social that the House’s
Ryan Wesley Routh is interviewed at a rally in Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 27, 2022. AFPTV/AFP via Getty Images Ryan Routh, the man charged with trying to assassinate President Donald Trump two months before the 2024 election, can represent himself during his upcoming trial, a federal judge ruled on July 24. U.S. District Judge Aileen
Columbia University and the Trump administration announced a $221 million settlement agreement on Wednesday, putting an end, for now, to the standoff between the two that had thrown the Ivy League school into a financial crisis. The deal was controversial both inside and outside the Trump administration. While the president is getting a pound of
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins testifies before the House Agriculture Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 11, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times The Trump administration has announced a sweeping overhaul of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) that will cut its Washington-area workforce by more than half and shift thousands of positions to regional
Special envoy Steve Witkoff said in a statement that ‘Hamas does not appear to be coordinated or acting in good faith’ Special envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) The United States recalled its diplomatic team from Qatar on Thursday, ending two weeks of intense ceasefire negotiations with Hamas after the terror
The Trump administration will release funding for UN agencies in exchange for the Democratic ranking member’s vote Rand Paul / Getty Images Sen. Rand Paul (R., Ky.) voted against advancing Mike Waltz’s nomination for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, a move that cost American taxpayers $75 million in funds that will now go to