House leaders hold separate press conferences on May 20, with Republicans speaking following their weekly party meeting at 10 a.m. ET and Democrats holding a post-caucus press conference at 1 p.m. ET. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.), Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), Conference Chairwo… Original News Source Link – Epoch
House leaders hold separate press conferences on May 20, with Republicans speaking following their weekly party meeting at 10 a.m. ET and Democrats holding a post-caucus press conference at 1 p.m. ET. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.), Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), Conference Chairwo… Original News Source Link – Epoch
The Department of Health and Human Services in Washington on April 29, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The Trump administration has launched a pilot program to locate missing foster children, with 13 children already recovered in Mississippi, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said on May 18. HHS said the program, called “Operation
House Democrats are pressing the Trump administration for answers on a nearly $2 billion compensation fund for Americans who believe they have been wronged by the federal government, calling it “one of the most brazen acts of public corruption and self-dealing” in the country’s history. The Justice Department on Monday announced the creation of… Original
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Wednesday that he was “not surprised” by Rep. Thomas Massie’s (R-Ky.) loss in the Kentucky GOP primary, arguing that President Trump’s endorsement is the “most powerful in the history of politics.” Massie, a vocal Trump critic who has served in Congress since 2012, lost to Trump-backed candidate Ed Gallrein, a…
The president’s broadside comes days after she rejected Republicans’ effort to fund the ballroom project through an immigration enforcement bill.
Republicans are preparing to remove Secret Service funding from their party-line immigration enforcement bill, according to two people granted anonymity to disclose private discussions. Both people stressed that the decision isn’t final — and Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Wednesday morning that talks are still ongoing. But the expected decision comes as the Trump