EU’s Trade Chief to Meet With US Officials as EU Braces for Tariff Showdown

Then-EU Commissioner designate Maros Sefcovic attends his confirmation hearing at the European Parliament in Brussels on Nov. 4, 2024. Nicolas Tucat/AFP via Getty Images The European Union’s trade leader is headed to Washington for face-to-face negotiations with the Trump administration, a spokesman for the economic bloc said. On July 16, EU Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic

Senate Republicans Race to Pass $9 Billion Funding Clawback Bill

The Senate side of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on July 14, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times WASHINGTON—Senate Republicans are looking to pass a bill to rescind $9 billion in allocated federal funding by a July 18 deadline. The Senate began on July 16 a process called a vote-a-rama, where an unlimited number of amendments