Washington — The Senate is voting Thursday on advancing an individual year-long appropriations bill to fund the Pentagon as GOP leaders pursue an alternative approach to restart some funding as the government shutdown has stretched into a third week. But Democrats appear poised to block the measure. Senate Majority Leader John Thune teed up
After losing her Navy daughter, Esmi Cantu-Castle says faith and service helped her turn pain into purpose as she launches a grassroots campaign to represent South Texas.
Washington — The U.S. government is probing the social media of those applying for legal immigration benefits as part of a Trump administration push to root out “anti-American” activity and views that are “beyond the pale,” a top immigration official told CBS News. Joseph Edlow, the director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the federal
Border czar Tom Homan speaks to reporters at the White House press briefing in Washington on April 28, 2025. Travis Gillmore/The Epoch Times White House border czar Tom Homan denied reports that he accepted $50,000 in cash from undercover FBI agents as part of a counterintelligence investigation in 2024. “I didn’t take $50,000 from anybody,”
Democrats refuse to support government funding without extending COVID-era Obamacare subsidies as Rep. Katherine Clark warns of healthcare crisis for millions.
President Donald Trump speaks as FBI Director Kash Patel listens during a press conference in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington, on Oct. 15, 2025. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump said that he spoke by phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday and agreed to meet with him in Budapest, Hungary,
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.), joined by other Senate Republicans, speaks during the 15th day of the government shutdown at a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Oct. 15, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The U.S. government shutdown will continue as the Senate again failed to end debate and bring a short-term