(Left) Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.). (Right) Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 30, 2025. Kent Nishimura/Getty Images; Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images For two days this week, senators took turns proposing ways to end the partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security. For two days, each proposal
Documents that were included in the U.S. Department of Justice release of the Jeffrey Epstein files are photographed on Jan. 2, 2026. Jon Elswick/AP Photo One of the guards on duty when Jeffrey Epstein died in his cell will testify before the House Oversight Committee later this month. “The Oversight Committee has questions for Tova
Agriculture Secretary Brooks Rollins in Washington on March 13, 2026. Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said on March 13 that President Donald Trump and administration officials are looking at how to help farmers afford fertilizer amid escalating costs due to the war in Iran. “The president is very aware of these challenges and
Mifepristone tablets seen in a Planned Parenthood clinic in Ames, Iowa, on July 18, 2024. Charlie Neibergall/AP Photo Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) has introduced legislation to ban the chemical abortion drug mifepristone and remove its approval by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). During a March 11 press conference on the legislation, Hawley said the
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee requested an interview with a prison guard who was on duty the day Jeffrey Epstein died as part of its broader investigation into the convicted sex offender’s death. “Due to public reporting, documents released by the Department of Justice, and documents obtained by the Committee, the Committee believes…
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) on Thursday said Americans “can live with” higher gas prices, a surge that’s a result of the nearly two-week-long joint U.S.-Israeli military operation in Iran. Jordan told CNN’s Kasie Hunt that Americans have the “common sense” to “understand that to stop this regime that for 47 years has killed Americans, killed…
A webinar on Feb. 19 examines the strategic importance of the Diego Garcia base in the Indian Ocean and concerns about the UK’s agreement with Mauritius over the Chagos Archipelago. Moderator Frank Gaffney, president of the Institute for the American Future, is joined by panelists Col. Grant Newsham, the European Research Group… Original News Source