Karoline Leavitt is back in the press secretary’s traditional office in the White House. Leavitt is reclaiming the roomy space with a fireplace that Taylor Budowich, President Trump’s deputy chief of staff for communications and cabinet affairs, occupied until he left the Trump administration this week. Leavitt will take over some of the duties that
The National Park Service, which is part of the Interior Department, released its plans for the shutdown late Tuesday evening. The document says 9,296 of the service’s 14,500 employees will be furloughed, but many areas will remain open to the public. “Park roads, lookouts, trails, and open-air memorials will generally remain accessible to visitors,” the
President Donald Trump (L) and Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani meet at the Amiri Diwan in Doha, Qatar, on May 14, 2025. Alex Brandon/AP Future attacks on the Middle East monarchy of Qatar will be treated as a threat to the peace and security of the United States, President Donald Trump affirmed
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks to reporters during a briefing at the White House in Washington on Sept. 22, 2025. Travis Gillmore/The Epoch Times White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Wednesday that federal layoffs will occur in the near future amid a government shutdown, as Vice President JD Vance confirmed that
Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought (C), joined by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) (L), Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) (2nd L), and Vice President JD Vance (R), speaks at the White House on Sept. 29, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The federal government has frozen billions in funding for construction projects
The post of United Nations ambassador isn’t a Cabinet position, according to sources familiar with the matter, as President Trump signals the decreased importance of the U.N. to his administration. When former Rep. Mike Waltz was confirmed by the U.S. Senate earlier this month, news outlets reported that the vote filled the final vacancy in Mr. Trump’s Cabinet, which
Washington — The Trump administration announced Wednesday that it would be canceling $8 billion in climate-related projects in 16 states, the latest funding cut by the administration after the federal government plunged into a shutdown overnight. Russ Vought, head of the Office of Management and Budget, announced the cancellations on social media and said additional