Senate Republicans Race to Pass $9 Billion Funding Clawback Bill

The Senate side of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on July 14, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times WASHINGTON—Senate Republicans are looking to pass a bill to rescind $9 billion in allocated federal funding by a July 18 deadline. The Senate began on July 16 a process called a vote-a-rama, where an unlimited number of amendments

Michelle Obama: Not “one moment” where she “thought about quitting my man”

Former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama brushed off recent divorce rumors on an episode of her podcast released Wednesday — and the former first lady asserted “there hasn’t been one moment in our marriage where I thought about quitting my man.”  “Wait, you guys like each other?” Craig Robinson, Michelle Obama’s older brother, asked

DHS Secretary Suggests Liquid Carry-On Limits on Flights Might Be Eased

Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem speaks during a news conference at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Va., on July 8, 2025. Kent Nishimura/Getty Images More changes could be coming to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), including on whether more liquids can be taken through airport security, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem suggested

Newsom Taps Tech Execs to Run Efficiency Push

California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks in Los Angeles on Sep. 25, 2024. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times California Gov. Gavin Newsom is launching a sweeping government reform initiative that places prominent tech leaders at the helm of the state’s efficiency agenda, an approach that appears similar to the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). The