Washington — The Senate is moving forward Tuesday night on a request from the White House to claw back billions in funds for international aid and public broadcasting as Congress faces a Friday deadline to act. In what’s known as a rescissions package, the White House in June requested that Congress cancel $9.4 billion in
The U.S. Capitol building in Washington on July 14, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times President Donald Trump said that holdouts on his cryptocurrency legislation agreed to support a procedural vote hours after blocking the three bills over concerns that one of the bills—to ban central bank digital currencies (CBDC)—would not pass the Senate. “I am
The U.S. Capitol building in Washington on July 14, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The House was brought to a standstill on July 15 after conservatives tanked a vote to progress a series of cryptocurrency-related bills over their concerns that the format would leave loopholes for a future central bank digital currency (CBDC), which unlike
Trump details frustrations with Putin as Russia ramps up attacks on Ukraine – CBS News Watch CBS News President Trump now wants to give more weapons to Ukraine and is threatening increased sanctions if Russian President Vladimir Putin doesn’t agree to end the war in 50 days. The president explained why in a phone call
National security experts expressed alarm over Microsoft's practices allowing China-based engineers access to Pentagon cloud systems after a ProPublica investigation.
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont this week signed legislation requiring the state to keep fluoride at existing levels. But Florida and Utah have banned adding fluoride to drinking water, and other states may follow, as the decades-old practice of adding it to public drinking is facing renewed attacks, including from the federal government. Arkansas state Sen.
Fight over fluoride in water continues, despite warnings from dentists – CBS News Watch CBS News The battle over adding fluoride to public drinking water supplies is heating up. Mark Strassmann reports. View CBS News In Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn