Members approved their budget reconciliation recommendations over the hourslong objections of Democrats. House Homeland Security Committee members advanced a list of budget reconciliation recommendations on April 29, including a proposed $47 billion for border wall construction. The panel also approved $5 billion for Customs and Border Protection facilities, $6 billion for agency personnel and vehicles,
Ian Moses, 35, was arrested for allegedly setting a brand new Tesla Cybertruck on fire. The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on April 29 that federal charges have been brought against a man who allegedly set a Tesla Cybertruck on fire in Arizona. Ian Moses, 35, was arrested following the April 28 incident at a
Republicans seek to pass national higher education finance reform as part of a massive reconciliation bill. A Republican-led House panel on April 29 supported a measure that caps the amount of federally backed student loans, protects taxpayers against debt forgiveness bailouts, and amends Pell grant requirements. The Student Success and Taxpayer Savings Plan Bill, passed
Mexico’s delinquent water deliveries, in violation of an 81-year-old treaty with the United States, have exposed years of “blind eye” policies, rapid population growth, and hydrological changes, according to an expert at the U.S. Army War College. Evan Ellis, research professor of Latin American studies at the college’s Strategic Studies Institute, told The Epoch Times
‘I am sorry for the moments when we failed to meet the high expectations we rightfully set for our community,’ says university president Garber Anti-Israel Harvard protest, Oct. 2023 (Reuters/Brian Snyder) Harvard University, in the midst of its funding fight with the Trump administration, released its long-awaited anti-Semitism report on Tuesday. It provides a scathing
Campus radicals have repeatedly stormed buildings, called for violence, and expressed support for Hamas MSNBC host Ayman Mohyeldin said anti-Israel student activists, who have threatened and accosted Israelis, stormed university buildings, and caused millions of dollars in damage, are “advocating for peace.” Mohyeldin said the Trump administration’s “abduction” of foreign students “is being done on
These include advancing research and testing, stopping PFAS substances from getting into drinking water systems, and holding polluters accountable. The federal government is taking several actions to address per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), according to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin. Also known as “forever chemicals” because they take so long to break down,