The Senate Armed Services Committee holds a hearing at 9:30 a.m. ET on Jan. 15 to examine the nominations of two senior military leaders for top defense roles. Witnesses • Lt. Gen. Francis L. Donovan, USMC—nominated to be general and commander, United States Southern Command • Lt. Gen. Joshua M. Rudd, USA—nominated to be gene…
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin testifies before the House Subcommittee on Environment on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 20, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times The Environmental Protection Agency on Jan. 13 proposed narrowing states’ and Native American tribes’ use of the Clean Water Act to block or impede projects such as natural gas
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado waves a national flag during a protest called by the opposition on the eve of the presidential inauguration, in Caracas, Venezuela, on Jan. 9, 2025. Juan Barreto/AFP via Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump will meet with Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado at the White House on Jan.
The U.S. Capitol building at sunset in Washington on Jan. 12, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The U.S. House on Wednesday passed a package of appropriations bills to fund the government as Congress works to rapidly pass full-year appropriations bills ahead of the pending Jan. 30 government funding deadline. The two-bill measure passed in a
A view of the UnitedHealth Group Inc.’s campus is shown in Minnetonka, Minn., on Oct. 16, 2012. Jim Mone/AP Photo UnitedHealth Group uses aggressive tactics to maximize federal payments by capturing high-paying, often discretionary, medical diagnoses, according to a report by the Senate Judiciary Committee. The insurer uses high-tech scanners and a team of specialists
Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) rehearses the Democratic response to President Donald Trump’s address to a joint session of congress, in Wyandotte, Mich., on March 4, 2025. Paul Sancya/Pool/AFP via Getty Images Democratic lawmakers who appeared in a video urging U.S. service members to defy “illegal orders” confirmed Wednesday that they are being investigated by the
People wait to take the subway in New York City on June 18, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday appointing a new emergency board to mediate the rail labor dispute in New York in hopes of avoiding a possibly crippling strike. This is now the second board that