Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 20, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times A federal appeals court on Sept. 17 declined to lift a preliminary injunction blocking a plan by Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to overhaul the
Construction workers install a roof at a new home build in Laveen, Ariz., on April 1, 2025. Ross D. Franklin/AP Photo Masons laid the concrete foundation from “bare dirt” in 39 days and laborers were ready to frame and roof the skeletal superstructure so carpenters, plumbers, and electricians could complete the single-family home. All that
Rep Ilhan Omar (D-Min.) speaks to reporters in the hallway outside a House Committee on Education and the Workforce hearing at Capitol Hill in Washington, on April 17, 2024. Drew Angerer/AFP via Getty Images The House of Representatives on Sept. 17 rejected a bid to censure Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) for comments she made about
The U.S. health care system has grown in cost and complexity over the decades, leading some observers to say it’s time for a radical shakeup. The current system is an amalgam of public and private insurers, for-profit and nonprofit care providers, drug manufacturers, benefit managers, retailers, and sprawling health conglomerates. We had a problem loading
The U.S. health care system has grown in cost and complexity over the decades, leading some observers to say that it is time for a radical shake-up. The current system is an amalgam of public and private insurers, for-profit and nonprofit care providers, drug manufacturers, benefit managers, retailers, and sprawling health conglomerates. We had a
The U.S. Capitol building in Washington on Sept. 9, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The House of Representatives on Sept. 17 advanced a measure to tee up a vote for a continuing resolution (CR) later this week to avert a partial government shutdown in two weeks. Lawmakers in the Republican-controlled House voted 216–210 to approve
President Donald Trump reviews the Guard of Honour at Windsor Castle on day two of his second state visit to the UK in Windsor, England, on Sept. 17, 2025. Kirsty Wigglesworth-WPA Pool/Getty Images Antifa will be designated by the United States as a terrorist organization, President Donald Trump announced late Sept. 17. “I am pleased