Rep. Nancy Pelosi speaks on Capitol Hill on Nov. 19, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times WASHINGTON—Paul Simon, the Silent Generation songwriter, once sang that a character was “born at the right time.” Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), one of the last Silent Generation leaders in Washington, might know the feeling. We had a problem loading this
The U.S. Capitol building during the 34th day of the goverment shutdown in Washington on Nov. 3, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times WASHINGTON—The U.S. Senate rejected a war powers resolution to preemptively block U.S. forces from conducting military operations against Venezuela on Thursday. The measure failed in a 49 to 51 vote. It needed 60 votes
President Donald Trump speaks during an announcement about weight-loss drugs in the Oval Office of the White House on Nov. 6, 2025. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images President Donald Trump on Thursday unveiled a deal with drugmakers Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk to expand coverage and reduce prices for their popular obesity treatments Zepbound and
The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Nov. 3, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 6 allowed the Trump administration to enforce its policy requiring the sex designation on a U.S. passport to be consistent with the passport holder’s sex at birth. The court’s decision in Trump v. Orr took
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.), joined by other Senate Republicans, speaks during the fifteenth day of the government shutdown at a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Oct. 15, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said Wednesday that Senate Republicans don’t have the votes to end the
President Donald Trump at the White House on Oct. 20, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times President Donald Trump is hosting Central Asian leaders at the White House on Nov. 6, amid fast-tracked efforts to de-risk supply chains from China. Five former Soviet, Central Asian nations—Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan—have joined the United States as
A staff member uploads packages on a Delta Air Lines plane at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York on April 23, 2025. Reuters/Jeenah Moon/File Photo The world’s busiest airport and 39 others across the United States were forced to decrease flights by 10 percent starting on Nov. 7. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)