Health Care Subsidies a Sticking Point in Shutdown Standoff: What to Know

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) talks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 8, 2025.Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times Health care has become a sticking point in congressional negotiations over a stopgap spending bill to avoid a shutdown of the federal government on Oct. 1. The House passed a continuing spending resolution with

Former FBI Director James Comey Indicted—What to Know

Former FBI Director James Comey leaves a closed session with the Senate Intelligence Committee in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 8, 2017. Drew Angerer/Getty Images On Sept. 25, grand jurors returned an indictment on two counts against former FBI Director James Comey, accusing him of making a false

Hegseth Summons Top Military Brass for Meeting in Virginia

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth speaks during a ceremony at the Pentagon to commemorate the 24rd anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, in Washington on Sept. 11, 2025. Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP Photo Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has recently summoned the U.S. military’s top brass overseeing forces around the world to a base in Virginia for

Eduardo Bolsonaro: Without International Pressure, Brazil Would Be Another Venezuela

Eduardo Bolsonaro, Brazilian congressman and son of Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro, during an interview in Washington on March 16, 2019. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times NEW YORK—A new round of U.S. sanctions related to Brazilian authorities was imposed on Sept. 22—the same day lawmaker Eduardo Bolsonaro, son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, was charged with coercion.

Oklahoma Education Chief Resigns to Lead Conservative Teachers’ Group

FILE – Ryan Walters, Republican candidate for Oklahoma State Superintendent, speaks at a rally in Oklahoma City on Nov. 1, 2022. AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File Oklahoma Education Superintendent Ryan Walters will step down from his state leadership position to take over as chief executive officer of the Teacher Freedom Alliance on Oct. 1, the organization