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
Vice President JD Vance made comments on the government shutdown at a White House press conference on Wednesday. NTD has the details. The White House has frozen $18 billion in infrastructure projects in New York City. The funding was set for the Hudson River Tunnel project and the Second Avenue Subway project. Part of a
A judge’s gavel rests on top of a desk in a courtroom in Miami, Fla., on Feb. 3, 2009. Joe Raedle/Getty Images A federal judge on Tuesday disqualified acting U.S. attorney in Nevada, Sigal Chattah, from several felony cases and declared that her appointment by the Trump administration was not valid. In an order, U.S.