Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent testifies before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on Capitol Hill in Washington on Feb. 5, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The United States has issued a 30-day sanctions waiver to allow the sale of Iranian crude oil and petroleum products that are currently stranded at sea, U.S.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.), joined by other Senate Republicans, speaks to reporters as the government is on verge of shutdown amid partisan standoff, on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 30, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times WASHINGTON—The Senate will hold a weekend session as it debates the SAVE America Act, a bill that
An aerial view of the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., on Dec. 15, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times A federal judge on March 20 issued an order blocking the Trump administration’s media access policy at the Pentagon after The New York Times sued over the restrictions. The Department of War tightened its rules for the media
Director of Medicare and Deputy Administrator of CMS Chris Klomp speaks after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a deal with Pfizer to sell drugs at lower prices, in the Oval office of the White House in Washington on Sept. 30, 2025. Ken Cedeno/Reuters The U.S. government has begun talks with pharmaceutical companies to turn President
President Donald Trump signs an executive order declaring an exclusive television broadcast window for the annual Army-Navy football game during a ceremony to present the Commander-in-Chief Trophy to the Navy Midshipmen football team of the United States Naval Academy in the East Room of the White House in Washington on March 20, 2026. Brendan Smialowski/AFP
An Israeli self-propelled howitzer artillery gun fires rounds towards southern Lebanon from a position in the upper Galilee in northern Israel near the border on March 20, 2026. Jalaa Marey/AFP via Getty Images President Donald Trump on Friday signaled that an end to the Iran war is fast approaching. “We are getting very close to
President Donald Trump departs the White House on March 20, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times President Donald Trump on Friday signaled that an end to the Iran war is fast approaching. “We are getting very close to meeting our objectives as we consider winding down our great Military efforts in the Middle East,” Trump wrote