Vance Says Troops Will Be Paid for Now as Pressure Builds on Congress to End Shutdown

U.S. Vice President JD Vance at the Civilian Military Coordination Center in Israel on Oct. 21, 2025. Fadel Senna/AFP/Getty Images Vice President JD Vance said on Tuesday that U.S. military service members will be paid “for now” amid the ongoing government shutdown. “We do think that we can continue paying the troops, at least for

LIVE NOW: House Republican Leaders Hold Press Conference on Day 29 of Government Shutdown

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.), Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), Republican Conference Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.), Republican Study Committee (RSC) Chairman August Pfluger (R-Texas), and RSC members hold a press conference on Day 29 of the government shutdown at 10 a.m. ET on O… Original News Source Link – Epoch TimesRunning

Senate HELP Committee Holds Hearing on the Future of Biotech

The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee holds a hearing to examine the future of biotech, focusing on maintaining U.S. competitiveness and delivering lifesaving cures to patients, at 10 a.m. ET on Oct. 29. Witnesses: Lowell Schiller, nonresident senior scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute, Washington John F. C… Original News Source Link – Epoch TimesRunning