The U.S. Capitol building in Washington on July 14, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times Vice President JD Vance on July 15 cast a tie-breaking vote to advance a package that would rescind $9 billion in funding for the federal government, a trimmed-down version of President Donald Trump’s $9.4 billion rescissions request. Lawmakers advanced the bill
Actress and parent’s rights advocate Sam Sorbo speaks at a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on July 15, 2025. Stacy Robinson/The Epoch Times WASHINGTON—Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) joined leaders from parental rights groups on Capitol Hill on July 15 to ask President Donald Trump to vindicate parents who say they were targeted by
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
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
Rep. Michael Waltz (R-Fla.) at the Pennsylvania Convention Center ahead of the presidential debate between Republican nominee former President Donald Trump and Democrat nominee Vice President Kamala Harris in Philadelphia, Pa., on Sept. 10, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times Mike Waltz, former national security adviser to President Donald Trump, faced a tough confirmation hearing before
(L-R) President Donald Trump, Attorney General Pam Bondi, and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche speak to reporters in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on June 27, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The Trump administration is reversing the longstanding practice of requiring information on federal programs to be provided in
A man waits in a hospital in the city of Irvine, Calif., on July 8, 2025. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times The Trump administration has proposed changes to Medicare’s physician payment rates that could boost doctor pay by as much as 3.8 percent in 2026 while aiming to crack down on wasteful spending and expand chronic