The U.S. health care system has grown in cost and complexity over the decades, leading some observers to say that it is time for a radical shake-up. The current system is an amalgam of public and private insurers, for-profit and nonprofit care providers, drug manufacturers, benefit managers, retailers, and sprawling health conglomerates. We had a
The U.S. Capitol building in Washington on Sept. 9, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The House of Representatives on Sept. 17 advanced a measure to tee up a vote for a continuing resolution (CR) later this week to avert a partial government shutdown in two weeks. Lawmakers in the Republican-controlled House voted 216–210 to approve
President Donald Trump reviews the Guard of Honour at Windsor Castle on day two of his second state visit to the UK in Windsor, England, on Sept. 17, 2025. Kirsty Wigglesworth-WPA Pool/Getty Images Antifa will be designated by the United States as a terrorist organization, President Donald Trump announced late Sept. 17. “I am pleased
Federal Trade Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter participates in a privacy roundtable at CES 2020 at the Las Vegas Convention Center on Jan. 7, 2020. David Becker/Getty Images President Donald Trump urged the Supreme Court on Sept. 16 to leave his firing of Federal Trade Commission (FTC) member Rebecca Slaughter intact after the high court temporarily upheld
An aide speaks to Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Kash Patel (R) as he testifies before the House Judiciary Committee in Washington on Sept. 17, 2025. Win McNamee/Getty Images FBI Director Kash Patel appeared before the House Oversight Committee on Sept. 17, facing lawmakers’ statements and questions for five hours. Members on both sides of
Britain’s King Charles III (L) stands beside U.S. President Donald Trump to deliver a speech at a State Banquet during the second State Visit of Trump, at Windsor Castle, in Windsor, on Sept. 17, 2025. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/POOL/AFP via Getty Images WINDSOR, England—As President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump continue their two-day state visit
Vice President JD Vance hosts a podcast episode of “The Charlie Kirk Show” following the assassination of the show’s namesake, at the White House on Sept. 15, 2025. Doug Mills/Pool via Getty Images Vice President JD Vance told hundreds of workers and their families at the Hatch Stamping Company in Howell, Michigan, on Sept. 17