Senate Again Rejects Bills to Reopen Government as Parties Aim to Shift Blame

The U.S. Capitol building during the eighth day of the government shutdown in Washington on Oct. 8, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The Senate on Oct. 9 defeated for a seventh time two continuing resolutions to temporarily extend federal funding, as Republicans and Democrats present differing versions of the cause of the federal government shutdown.

Leif Erikson Day, 2025

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION More than a millennium ago, legendary Norse Viking Leif Erikson forever changed the course of history when he fearlessly embarked on a daring expedition into the unknown, becoming the first European to ever set foot in the New World.  This Leif Erikson Day, we