Washington — The federal government will acquire a 10% stake in a Canadian-based company that has mining claims in remote northwestern Alaska, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and the White House announced Monday. The $35.6 million investment in Trilogy Metals, Inc., will support mining exploration in Alaska’s Ambler Mining District, the White House says. The federal
President Donald Trump, joined by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum (R) and Energy Secretary Chris Wright speaks during an event in the Oval Office at the White House on Oct. 6, 2025. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images President Donald Trump is open to making a deal on Affordable Care Act subsidies, which has been a key demand of
Children walk outside an elementary school in Bellaire, near Houston, Texas, on Dec. 16, 2020. François Picard/AFP via Getty Images The Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, known as WIC, will run out of federal funding “very soon” due to the federal government shutdown, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Oct.
The Senate is set to vote again on measures to fund the government Monday evening, after a series of votes have fallen short of the 60 votes needed. On Sept. 19, senators first voted on the dueling measures to fund the government, after the House passed the GOP-led bill that would have extended funding until
When the Trump administration set up a federal task force to address crime in Memphis, Tennessee, last month, it cited crime data that didn’t match statistics from the city’s police department. While a White House press release from September says violent crime rose in Memphis in 2024, Memphis Police Department data shows violent crime went
A semi truck hauling an empty shipping container arrives at the Port of Long Beach in Long Beach, Calif., on June 5, 2025. Allan Stein/The Epoch Times President Donald Trump announced on Monday that all medium and heavy-duty trucks entering the United States will see a 25 percent tariff starting on Nov. 1. “Beginning November
The state of Illinois and Chicago are suing the Trump administration over their plans to deploy the National Guard. “The American people, regardless of where they reside, should not live under the threat of occupation by the United States military, particularly not simply because their city or state leadership has fallen out of a president’s