The U.S. Capitol at sunset on Dec. 2, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times WASHINGTON—The House of Representatives on Dec. 17 passed a health care reform bill amid an intra-party debate on whether to extend the expiring enhanced premium tax credits offered in the Affordable Care Act exchanges. The Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans
For the past decade, Gen. Charles Flynn has thought about the threat of the Chinese communist regime every day. Flynn retired as commander general of the United States Army Pacific in November 2024, and before that he served as assistant deputy chief of staff for operations and then deputy chief of staff for operations for
For the past decade, Gen. Charles Flynn has thought about the threat of the Chinese communist regime every day. Flynn retired as commander general of the United States Army Pacific in November 2024, and before that he served as assistant deputy chief of staff for operations and then deputy chief of staff for operations for
Dan Bongino speaks onstage during Politicon 2018 at Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles on Oct. 21, 2018. Phillip Faraone/Getty Images for Politicon Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Deputy Director Dan Bongino has resigned. “I will be leaving my position with the FBI in January,” Bongino wrote in an X post on Dec. 17.
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth gives a speech at the Reagan National Defense Forum at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif., on Dec. 6, 2025. Caylo Seals/Getty Images The U.S. Department of War revealed immediate changes to the Chaplain Corps as it tries to revive what it called the “spiritual backbone” of
People shop at Macy’s in New York City on Nov. 13, 2024. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times Workers in 22 states and 66 cities across the United States will get a boost in pay in 2026 as minimum wage hikes take effect. The minimum wage is set to increase in 19 states and 49 cities and
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 25, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The Senate on Dec. 17 passed Sen. Ted Cruz’s (R-Texas) bill that creates new safety requirements for nearly all aircraft and helicopters, while also stripping a provision out of the recently passed defense bill