Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.), joined by other Senate Republicans, speaks to reporters as the government is on verge of shutdown amid partisan standoff, on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 30, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times WASHINGTON—The Senate will hold a weekend session as it debates the SAVE America Act, a bill that
Director of Medicare and Deputy Administrator of CMS Chris Klomp speaks after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a deal with Pfizer to sell drugs at lower prices, in the Oval office of the White House in Washington on Sept. 30, 2025. Ken Cedeno/Reuters The U.S. government has begun talks with pharmaceutical companies to turn President
A meeting is now underway seeking potential paths for ending the shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security. Tom Homan, President Donald Trump’s border czar, is meeting with top Senate appropriators and other key senators. It’s the second meeting of the same group in as many days. Original News Source Link – Politico
House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) on Friday subpoenaed a local Virginia prosecutor he’s accused of failing to take action against protesters outside the home of White House aide Stephen Miller. The subpoena is an escalation after Jordan demanded an interview with Parisa Dehghani-Tafti, prosecutor for Arlington County and the City of Falls Church. The…
The U.S. Capitol building in Washington on March 19, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times For the fourth time, the Senate failed to move forward with a bill on March 20 to fund the Department of Homeland Security, extending a partial shutdown that has now lasted more than a month. The latest procedural vote was 47-37
A still from footage of a boat strike targeting drug trafficking in the Eastern Pacific in a file photo. @Southcom/X The U.S. military said it destroyed a drug-smuggling vessel in the eastern Pacific Ocean that left three survivors, according to an announcement from Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) on March 20. SOUTHCOM said in a post on
It will be the third attempt to pass Homeland Security appropriations.