Surgeon General nominee Dr. Casey Means appeared before a Senate panel on Feb. 25 and indicated broad alignment with top Trump administration health officials on vaccines, food, and farming. During a hearing in Washington, Means, 38, answered questions from members of the Health Committee as they consider whether to advance her nomination to the full
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) speaks during a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Jan. 5, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times House Democrats opened their 2026 issues conference on Feb. 25 with a unified pitch to voters: The party that lowers costs wins in November. The yearly conference, held this year in
House lawmakers are preparing this week to grill former President Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as part of Congress’s investigation into the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The high-profile depositions, scheduled for Thursday and Friday in New York, come after months of haggling between Clintons’ attorneys and leaders of the Oversight and…
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is backing a primary challenger to Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas), a notable move against a fellow Lone Star State Republican incumbent. “I am proud to endorse @SteveTothTX for Congress in Texas’s 2nd Congressional District,” Cruz said in a Tuesday post on the social platform X. “Steve faithfully served the people of…
Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel said that Democrats skipping Tuesday’s State of the Union speech from President Trump does not help them. “I think the Democrats should have shown up. Don’t be, don’t play junior varsity in that area, and listen to the president’s remarks and then go out with the — and say what…
Senate Republican and Democratic leaders speak to the press following their respective party meetings on Feb. 25, with Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), and Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) holding a joint press conference after the Senate Democratic Caucus meeting. We had a problem loading this article. Please enable javascript or use
President Donald Trump wants Congress to sidestep internal debates and extend a key surveillance program — and he has made the demand directly to key Hill Republicans. At issue is the foreign spy program known as Section 702, which is set to lapse on April 20. Lawmakers in both parties want to impose new restrictions