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
Jeffrey Epstein on March 28, 2017. New York State Sex Offender Registry via AP A resolution introduced by House Democrats to force a vote on releasing files related to sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein failed on July 15. It was the latest move by Democrats to do so in recent days. In a 211–210 vote split
State Rep. Steve Toth has worked to ban critical race theory, transgender ideology, and sexually explicit books from schools in Texas. Courtesy of Steve Toth A Texas state representative, consistently ranked as one of the most conservative, has announced his bid to unseat Republican Rep. Dan Crenshaw in what could be a tough race for
Blank U.S. Treasury checks are run through a printer at the U.S. Treasury printing facility in Philadelphia, Pa., on July 18, 2011. William Thomas Cain/Getty Images The cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for Social Security payments in 2026 could increase by 2.6 percent, according to a new estimate based on federal inflation data released on Tuesday for