Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) speaks to reporters at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia on Sept. 10, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), and Rep. Jason Crow (D-Colo.) on Jan. 14 introduced the No Political Enemies Act, or the NOPE Act, a bill they said would
Venezuela’s Vice-President and Oil Minister Delcy Rodriguez addresses the media in Caracas, Venezuela, on March 10, 2025. Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump reported having a “very good” phone call with interim Venezuelan leader Delcy Rodríguez on Jan. 14, covering a number of topics. “This morning I had a very good call with the
In this image provided by the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Air Force loadmasters and pilots, assigned to the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, load people being evacuated from Afghanistan onto a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 24, 2021. Master Sgt. Donald R. Allen/U.S. Air Force
Dr. Mehmet Oz testifies during a confirmation hearing before the Senate Finance Committee in Washington on March 14, 2025. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has uncovered more Medicaid funds unlawfully spent on health care for illegal immigrants, reaching $1.8 billion in eight states, Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz announced on
The U.S. Capitol building at sunset in Washington on Jan. 12, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times WASHINGTON—The U.S. Senate voted on Wednesday night to shelve a Democrat-led resolution to constrain President Donald Trump’s ability to direct continued military action against Venezuela. Senators were on track to take the War Powers resolution, sponsored by Sen. Tim
The California Capitol in Sacramento on March 16, 2025. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times A three-judge panel on a federal district court on Jan. 14 rejected a Republican bid to overturn California’s redistricted maps, upholding the results of the Proposition 50 referendum. In a 2–1 decision, the panel in the U.S. District Court for the Central
U.S. President Donald Trump, alongside L/R Ford executive chairman Bill Fordand Ford CEO Jim Farley, tours Ford Motor Company’s River Rouge complex in Dearborn, Michigan, on Jan. 13, 2026. Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP via Getty Images News Analysis U.S. President Donald Trump struck a familiar note this week by dismissing the importance of