Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado arrives at the U.S. Capitol to meet U.S. senators after her meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Jan. 15, 2026. Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters WASHINGTON—U.S. President Donald Trump hosted Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado for a lunch meeting at the White House on Jan. 15.
A Department of Homeland Security logo at a news conference in Washington, on Feb. 25, 2015. AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced on Jan. 14 that it will reduce wait times for thousands of foreign religious workers to be readmitted to the United States, allowing them to return to
President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with U.S. oil companies’ executives in the East Room of the White House on Jan. 9, 2026. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images President Donald Trump on Jan. 15 released his administration’s new health care affordability plan, which aims to lower prices through marketplace reforms that include price negotiation,
President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with US oil companies executives in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on Jan. 9, 2026. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images President Donald Trump has asked Congress to ratify provisions of his health care affordability plan, which aims to lower prices through marketplace reforms
Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) speaks at a forum at the US Capitol in Washington, on July 17, 2025. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) on Jan. 14 introduced the Divesting from Communist China’s Military Act, which would sanction and prohibit investment in Chinese military companies on the Pentagon’s blacklist. The Pentagon and Treasury Department
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr testifies before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington on May 21, 2025. John McDonnell/Getty Images The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is undertaking the “largest deregulatory effort in the agency’s history,” eliminating waste, improving efficiency, and modernizing operations, agency chairman
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell answers questions from reporters following the regular Federal Open Market Committee meetings at the Fed in Washington, on July 30, 2025. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images President Donald Trump said in an interview that he has no plans to remove Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. The president’s comments follow Department of Justice