Health Care Subsidies a Sticking Point in Shutdown Standoff: What to Know

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) talks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 8, 2025.Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times Health care has become a sticking point in congressional negotiations over a stopgap spending bill to avoid a shutdown of the federal government on Oct. 1. The House passed a continuing spending resolution with

Former FBI Director James Comey Indicted—What to Know

Former FBI Director James Comey leaves a closed session with the Senate Intelligence Committee in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 8, 2017. Drew Angerer/Getty Images On Sept. 25, grand jurors returned an indictment on two counts against former FBI Director James Comey, accusing him of making a false