Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin in Bristow, Va., on Nov. 7, 2023. Win McNamee/Getty Images Virginia is launching a state food stamp program as the federal program, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), faces a pause unless Congress ends the government shutdown and approves new funding. The Virginia Emergency Nutrition Assistance program will provide food aid
Pennsylvania’s voter rolls point to a far tighter partisan balance than four years ago, as voters in the commonwealth will decide next week whether to retain three members of the state Supreme Court. The state’s current weekly workbook, which provides a point-in-time snapshot and changes as counties update records, shows Democrats with only a narrow
U.S. Vice President JD Vance at the Civilian Military Coordination Center in Israel on Oct. 21, 2025. Fadel Senna/AFP/Getty Images Vice President JD Vance said on Tuesday that U.S. military service members will be paid “for now” amid the ongoing government shutdown. “We do think that we can continue paying the troops, at least for
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.), Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), Republican Conference Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.), Republican Study Committee (RSC) Chairman August Pfluger (R-Texas), and RSC members hold a press conference on Day 29 of the government shutdown at 10 a.m. ET on O… Original News Source Link – Epoch TimesRunning
The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee holds a hearing to examine the future of biotech, focusing on maintaining U.S. competitiveness and delivering lifesaving cures to patients, at 10 a.m. ET on Oct. 29. Witnesses: Lowell Schiller, nonresident senior scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute, Washington John F. C… Original News Source Link – Epoch TimesRunning
The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee holds a hearing to examine the future of biotech, focusing on maintaining U.S. competitiveness and delivering lifesaving cures to patients, at 10 a.m. ET on Oct. 29. Witnesses: Lowell Schiller, nonresident senior scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute, Washington John F. C… Original News Source Link – Epoch TimesRunning
Federal agents, including members of the Department of Homeland Security, Border Patrol, and the police, attempt to keep protesters back outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Portland, Ore., on Oct. 5, 2025. Spencer Platt/Getty Images A trial is set to begin in Oregon on Oct. 29 over President Donald Trump’s decision