The bill awaits final passage and the signature of incoming President-elect Donald Trump. WASHINGTON—The Senate on Jan. 17 advanced a bill that requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to detain illegal immigrants arrested for theft, burglary, or shoplifting, setting it up for a final vote. That bill, the Laken Riley Act, also allows states
By sending the deputy leader to Washington, CCP leader Xi Jinping wants to ‘offer an olive branch’ to Trump, an expert said. Chinese communist regime leader Xi Jinping has chosen not to attend U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration next week and will instead send deputy leader Han Zheng to Washington as his special representative, Beijing’s
This will not be the first time an inauguration was not held on the Capitol steps. The Jan. 20 inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump has been moved indoors due to extreme cold weather. “It is my obligation to protect the People of our Country but, before we even begin, we have to think of the
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‘Actions to implement the law simply must fall to the next Administration,’ said press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre. The White House on Friday said that the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to uphold a ban on the Chinese-owned TikTok social media platform will ultimately fall under President-elect Donald Trump’s administration. Earlier Friday, the Supreme Court sided with
The FBI confirmed to The Epoch Times that it shut down its diversity, equity, and inclusion office last month. As the FBI has recently confirmed that it shut down its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) office, President-elect Donald Trump has demanded that the bureau preserve its records related to this decision. DEI policies in both
The president announced the ratification days before leaving office. President Joe Biden on Jan. 17 announced he has ratified the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), despite the U.S. archivist recently saying the president could not ratify the constitutional amendment. “It is long past time to recognize the will of the American people,” Bien said in a