Lawmakers Urge Trump Admin to Exercise Leverage Over China With Chipmaking Equipment Controls

Chairman of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party Rep. John Moolenaar speaks during an event in Washington on Feb. 11, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times A bipartisan group of lawmakers wants to work with the Trump administration to limit China’s access to equipment that could enable it to achieve self-sufficiency in advanced

Shouting match erupts after Bondi asked to apologize to Epstein victims

Attorney General Pam Bondi rebuffed a request from Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) to turn around and address victims of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein who were in the audience of a House Judiciary Committee hearing, resulting in a shouting match during which the attorney general accused the lawmaker of “theatrics.” Jayapal used her questioning to criticize the Justice Department for…

Jeffries: Grand jury that failed to indict Democrats did what Trump, ‘Republican sycophants lack the character to do’

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) celebrated Wednesday after a grand jury failed to indict six Democratic lawmakers in connection to a controversial video urging service members and intelligence officials to defy illegal orders. “Yesterday, a Grand Jury of everyday Americans rejected a baseless attempt to indict six Members of Congress and the United States…

Mace knocks Lutnick over Epstein ties: ‘I wouldn’t sit and have lunch with a convicted pedophile’

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) on Tuesday ripped Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick over his ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein after the Trump administration official admitted to having lunch with his family on the disgraced financier’s private island in 2012. “I’m glad he told the truth under oath today,” Mace said during an appearance on…

Lawmakers don’t rule out exposing redacted names of powerful men in Epstein files

Reps. Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie are challenging the Justice Department for redacting the names of six men in the publicly released materials related to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein — and they could take matters into their own hands to reveal their identities. These omissions, the two lawmakers argued Monday evening outside the

House approves housing bill, setting stage for tough Senate negotiations

The House on Monday night passed its bipartisan housing package aimed at increasing home supply and affordability, setting up an uncertain effort to merge the measure with a Senate housing bill. House lawmakers approved by a vote of 390-9 the Housing in the 21st Century Act under suspension of the rules, a fast-track procedure for