Democratic Vice President nominee Tim Walz (left), and Gov. Tony Evers (D-Wis.) (right), listen to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-Mich.) (center) speak at a rally in the KI convention center to kick off their “Driving Forward” Blue Wall Bus Tour in Green Bay, Wis., on Oct. 14, 2024. Jim Vondruska/Getty Images WASHINGTON—The United States, and its
People utilize a Veterans Affairs (VA) medical center in Los Angeles on July 14, 2025. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times A new law signed by President Donald Trump on July 30 will establish a new partial claims program designed to help veterans who fall behind on their mortgage payments avoid foreclosure. The bipartisan VA Home Loan
A little-known federal agency that sends more than $12 billion annually to support community health centers, addiction treatment services, and workforce initiatives for America’s neediest people has been hobbled by the Trump administration’s staffing purges. The cuts are “just a little astonishing,” said Carole Johnson, who previously led the Health Resources and Services Administration. She
An aerial view of the commercial district of Pakistan’s port city of Karachi on Jan. 27, 2023. Asif Hassan/AFP via Getty Images The United States and Pakistan reached a deal Wednesday that President Donald Trump said will help develop Islamabad’s oil reserves and that Pakistan’s embassy said will lower tariffs for the South Asian nation.
Top Texas Democrats are sounding the alarm over a GOP plan to redraw Texas’ congressional maps, warning in interviews with CBS News it would dramatically dilute minority representation in the Lone Star State and set off a nationwide ripple effect. Republican state lawmakers unveiled a draft congressional map on Wednesday that would turn five U.S.
The Main Green at Brown University in Providence, R.I., on March 17, 2025. Scott Eisen/Getty Images Brown University has reached a deal with the Trump administration under which it will pay $50 million to restore lost federal funding. The $50 million payout will go to workforce development organizations in Rhode Island. In exchange, the Ivy
Students pass under the arches at Duke University in Durham, N.C., in a file photo. Sara D. Davis/Getty Images The Health and Human Services agency confirmed that $108 million in National Institute of Health (NIH) research funding for Duke University has been frozen due to racial discrimination at its medical school, an agency official told