Colin McDonald, the nominee for assistant Attorney General for fraud enforcement at the Department of Justice, listens at his Senate Judiciary Committee nomination hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on Feb. 25, 2026. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images The Senate voted 52–47 on March 24 to confirm Colin McDonald as the first leader of the Department of
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) speaks at a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Jan. 14, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times Senate Democrats have rejected a Republican proposal to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), extending a partial shutdown that has now entered its sixth week and intensifying pressure on both
President Trump announced Tuesday that he would endorse Sydney Gruters, the executive director of the New College Foundation and wife of Republican National Committee (RNC) chair Joe Gruters, if she decides to run for retiring Rep. Vern Buchanan’s (R-Fla.) seat in Congress. “A Highly Successful Civic Leader and Public Servant, Sydney has dedicated her life…
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) bashed President Trump on Tuesday for voting by mail while simultaneously fighting to prevent others from doing the same. “For years, Donald Trump has been railing against voting by mail, only to turn around and vote by mail in the special election that’s taking place today in Florida,” Jeffries…
Alan Armstrong was sworn in Tuesday to temporarily fill the seat left vacant by Sen. Markwayne Mullin’s move to lead the Department of Homeland Security. The Republican energy executive took the oath of office from Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) just hours after Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt announced Armstrong as his choice to succeed Mullin. Armstrong
The president said Tuesday he would review the emerging DHS funding deal as conservatives voice skepticism.
New documents reveal the extent of the former special counsel’s efforts to investigate the president.