Khanna: Those saying ‘don’t engage’ with personalities like Hasan Piker ‘will cost us future elections’

Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) on Sunday said that those who push to not “engage” with popular Twitch streamer and left-wing political commentator Hasan Piker “will cost us future elections.” “The lesson of the last election is we’ve got to be out there. We’ve got to engage. It’s a complex, messy, multiracial democracy. I will defend…

US Lawmakers Propose Increasing Drone Cooperation With Taiwan

(Left) Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) outside the U.S. Capitol on March 22, 2024. (Right) Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) in Washington on Jan. 28, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times A bipartisan group of senators has introduced a bill that would expand cooperation between the United States and Taiwan in drone system development and production, as policymakers

Jeffries calls on Johnson to end House recess amid DHS funding lapse

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Sunday called on House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to bring the lower chamber back from recess to reopen the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The partial government shutdown has spanned for more than a month as lawmakers debate funding Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) without significant reforms to…

Former CENTCOM commander calls rescue of U.S. airman a “hard lesson for Iran”

Retired Gen. Frank McKenzie, a former commander of U.S. Central Command, outlined some takeaways from the search-and-rescue mission for a missing U.S. airman on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” Sunday — and argued the mission’s success could deliver a “hard lesson for Iran.”  McKenzie noted that Iran was unable to find the missing weapons