Border czar Tom Homan speaks to reporters at the White House press briefing in Washington on April 28, 2025. Travis Gillmore/The Epoch Times White House border czar Tom Homan denied reports that he accepted $50,000 in cash from undercover FBI agents as part of a counterintelligence investigation in 2024. “I didn’t take $50,000 from anybody,”
President Donald Trump speaks as FBI Director Kash Patel listens during a press conference in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington, on Oct. 15, 2025. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump said that he spoke by phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday and agreed to meet with him in Budapest, Hungary,
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.), joined by other Senate Republicans, speaks during the 15th day of the government shutdown at a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Oct. 15, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The U.S. government shutdown will continue as the Senate again failed to end debate and bring a short-term
President Donald Trump addresses a dinner for donors who have contributed to build the new ballroom at the White House, on Oct. 15, 2025. John McDonnell /AP Photo WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump announced on Oct. 15 that he is building an arch near Washington’s Lincoln Memorial. Trump revealed the plans at a dinner with donors who
Washington — President Trump on Thursday showed off a model of what may be his next Washington, D.C., development project, an arch that resembles the Arc de Triomphe in Paris and is being referred to informally as the “Arc de Trump.” The president showed off a model of the arch at a White House dinner
At his daily press conference at the Capitol, Speaker Mike Johnson was noncommittal about the possibility of holding a House vote on extending health care tax credits, saying the issue would be part of the “deliberative process” among members. A reporter noted that Senate Majority Leader John Thune has offered Democrats a vote on extending
A ‘Whirlpool’ drier is on display at a an appliance store in Austin, Texas, on April 26, 2024. Brandon Bell/Getty Images Whirlpool CEO Marc Bitzer said President Donald Trump’s tariff policies have created a “level playing field” for expanding U.S. manufacturing and incentivizing companies to invest in domestic production. “What the tariff policy does [is]