Washington — The House is planning to vote on the Senate-passed version of President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” as soon as Wednesday morning, though a sizable contingent of Republican critics could still sink the legislation. The measure narrowly survived the Senate after a marathon session ended with Vice President JD Vance casting the tie-breaking vote
Trump rallies House GOP to approve his $3.3 trillion megabill after Senate passage, highlighting benefits including lower taxes, higher wages and strengthened social programs.
Anti-ICE protesters confront federal agents and California Army National Guardsmen in Los Angeles on June 8, 2025. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times Six California Republican state lawmakers, in a July 27 letter, urged President Donald Trump to focus Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations on illegal immigrants who are violent criminals rather than conducting operations at
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has selected a new headquarters building in Washington, D.C., after nearly two decades of failed attempts to find a permanent new space, the Bureau announced on Tuesday. The FBI has been headquartered in downtown D.C. at the J. Edgar Hoover building since 1975 but structural problems have plagued the building
Printing Supervisor Donavan Elliott inspects newly printed sheets of one dollar bills at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington on March 24, 2015. Mark Wilson/Getty Images As the Senate passed its own version of the “One Big Beautiful” budget bill, the effect of tax and spending cuts in the House version has led
New York City mayoral candidate and Democratic state Rep. Zohran Mamdani campaigns in New York City on April 16, 2025. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images WASHINGTON—New York state Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, a Democrat, has officially become the Democratic Party’s nominee for mayor of the City of New York in the 2025 general election, following the
Secretary of State Marco Rubio testifies before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 20, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed on Tuesday the shutdown of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), which had been rapidly dismantled earlier this year by the Trump