Trump blasts GOP war powers defectors, says they ‘should never be elected to office again’
The war powers resolution will need another vote in the Senate before it becomes official. Still, the five defectors' rebellion served as a sharp rebuke.
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Blagojevich tells Walz if he didn’t ‘do it’, go down fighting: ‘Makes me think his hands are unclean’
Former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich, who faced corruption charges, slams Tim Walz for 'quitting' reelection, saying it suggests unclean hands.
Jeffries calls Noem ‘stone-cold liar’ over Minneapolis shooting response, demands investigations
Democratic leaders condemned the fatal Minneapolis shooting of Renee Nicole Good on Thursday, demanding investigations into the incident.
Hoyer won’t seek re-election, says House has strayed from founders’ vision
Steny Hoyer announces retirement from Congress, joining former Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., in leaving office as the 86-year-old Democrat warns about House polarization.
5 GOP Senators Join Democrats to Advance Measure to Block Military Action in Venezuela
The U.S. Capitol building in Washington on Jan. 6, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times WASHINGTON—The Senate, on Jan. 8, voted to advance a resolution to curtail President Donald Trump’s authority to order further military action on Venezuela in the days after U.S. forces captured Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro from a fortified compound in Caracas. Senators
Trump lays out Venezuela oil strategy as Senate votes on war powers
President Trump said on Truth Social Wednesday that Venezuela will use the money that it draws from a recent oil sale deal with the U.S. on “ONLY American Made Products.” Those purchases could include agricultural products, medicines, medical devices and equipment needed to fix the country’s beleaguered electrical grid, Mr. Trump wrote. “In other words,
Border Czar Tom Homan Responds to Minneapolis ICE Shooting, Wants Investigation to ‘Play Out’
White House border czar Tom Homan speaks to reporters at the White House in Washington on April 15, 2025.Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times The Trump administration’s border czar said on Jan. 7 that he has not seen any examples of excessive force in videos showing a woman being shot and killed by an Immigration and Customs