An emergency sign directs patients to the emergency room at the Kaiser Permanente San Diego Medical Center hospital in San Diego on April 17, 2017. Mike Blake/Reuters Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced the Break Up Big Medicine Act on Feb. 9 to break up large health care conglomerates. The law would
The House passed a major GOP elections overhaul Wednesday after intense pressure from President Donald Trump, tech mogul Elon Musk and hard-right influencers. But the legislation still has no clear path forward in the Senate, where Republicans privately acknowledge there is not enough GOP support to skirt a Democratic filibuster as Trump is demanding. The
Tensions flared between Democrats and the Attorney General during a House Judiciary Committee hearing.
President Trump threatened “consequences come Election time” for Republican lawmakers who oppose his administration’s tariffs on U.S. trading partners. “Any Republican, in the House or the Senate, that votes against TARIFFS will seriously suffer the consequences come Election time, and that includes Primaries!” the president wrote in a Truth Social post Wednesday evening, shortly after…
U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) speaks with reporters while waiting to catch the Senate subway to the Hart Senate Office Building from the U.S. Capitol in Washington on July 25, 2024. Kent Nishimura/Getty Images WASHINGTON—Sens. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) and Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) denounced the Department of Justice on Feb. 11 for pursuing criminal charges against
Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) speaks during a campaign event with Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Jan. 14, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times WASHINGTON—The SAVE America Act passed the House on Feb. 11. Led by Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas), the legislation would require Americans to prove their citizenship when
House Republicans clamoring for stricter voting rules cleared a hurdle with passage of the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act on Wednesday — but that’s only ramping up debate among conservatives on how to pressure the Senate to take up the election legislation. The bill, which would require individuals to present proof of citizenship…