The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development meets at 10:15 a.m. ET April 29 to examine the current state of free expression at American universities and evaluate policies that impact the First Amendment rights of students and faculty. Original News Source Link – Epoch Times
An election worker sorts ballots, in a file photo. John Moore/Getty Images A federal judge on April 28 dismissed a lawsuit filed by the Department of Justice (DOJ) against Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes that sought access to state voter registration data. U.S. District Judge Susan Brnovich wrote in a 13-page ruling that Arizona’s
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks during a press briefing at the White House in Washington on April 15, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The Trump administration has issued a warning to U.S. and international banks that dealing with private Chinese refineries that purchase Iranian oil could expose them to U.S. sanctions. Financial institutions “should be
The Supreme Court in Washington on Feb. 21, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The U.S. Supreme Court on April 29 limited the use of race-based redistricting in a legal challenge to Louisiana’s congressional map. The nation’s highest court ruled 6–3 in Louisiana v. Callais that race could not be used when drawing boundaries for the state’s
The House Appropriations Committee meets at 10 a.m. ET on April 29 to consider and amend the fiscal year 2027 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Bill, which proposes $26.27 billion in discretionary funding. Original News Source Link – Epoch Times
The House Homeland Security Committee holds a hearing titled “Data Centers, Telecommunications Networks, and Space-Based Systems: Modernizing DHS’s SRMA Role for the Communications and IT Sectors” at 10 a.m. ET on April 29. Witnesses: Rear Adm. Mark Montgomery (Ret.), senior director and senior fellow at the Center on Cyber an… Original News Source Link –
The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform holds a full committee business meeting to mark up multiple fraud prevention and accountability bills at 10 a.m. ET on April 29. The markup includes H.R. 8463, Pre-Payment Fraud Prevention and Treasury Data Access Act; H.R. 8464, Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act; H.R. 8312,… Original News Source Link