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.
The U.S. Capitol building in Washington on March 19, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The Senate passed a bill on March 19 to end preferential airport security treatment for members of Congress. The bill, introduced by Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), comes amid a 35-day partial shutdown of most Department of Homeland Security agencies, including the
House Republican leaders will not bring a “clean” reauthorization of foreign surveillance powers up for a vote next week as they had hoped, a source familiar with the schedule confirmed to The Hill, as opposition to the program in both parties prevents swift passage. House GOP leaders had eyed a vote next week on an…
GOP hard-liners have threatened to tank a clean extension of the law.
Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) suggested on Friday that the Iranian regime should be the ones to fulfill a $200 billion supplemental funding request from the Pentagon for its ongoing military operation, not Congress, arguing the country that “started the war” ought to foot the bill. Perry raised the idea during an appearance on CNN’s “The…