Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington on Nov. 7, 2025. J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo A proposal to end the 40-day government shutdown is developing on Capitol Hill, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) told reporters Sunday. “A deal is coming together,” Thune said outside the Senate chamber
The U.S. Capitol in Washington on Nov. 9, 2025. Anna Rose Layden/Getty Images The U.S. Senate is on the verge of overcoming a key procedural hurdle on a bill to end the government shutdown as the funding impasse nears its 41st day. On Sunday evening, following an unusually busy weekend at the Capitol that saw
The U.S. Capitol in Washington on Nov. 9, 2025. Anna Rose Layden/Getty Images The U.S. Senate has voted to end the Democrat filibuster on a funding bill, which is set to end the government shutdown as the impasse neared its 41st day. On Sunday evening, following an unusually busy weekend at the Capitol that saw
Security lines are shown at normal volume for the day and time at Charlotte-Douglas International Airport’s departures level in Charlotte, N.C., on Nov. 9, 2025. Grant Baldwin/Getty Images Flights throughout the United States will be reduced to a “trickle” leading up to the Thanksgiving holiday due to increasing air traffic controller staffing shortages during the
A sign for the Internal Revenue Service in Washington on Feb. 13, 2025. Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has closed its Direct File service that allowed taxpayers to file their taxes for free. “Direct File is now closed,” the IRS said in an undated message on its Direct File website that was
A ‘For Sale’ sign in Washington, on May 19, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times The Trump administration is working on a proposal to offer 50-year mortgages to help young people buy homes, William Pulte, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, confirmed on Nov. 8. “We are indeed working on The 50 year Mortgage –
Charts that show the reciprocal tariffs that the United States is imposing on other countries are on display in the press briefing room of the White House on April 2, 2025. Alex Wong/Getty Images President Donald Trump announced on Nov. 9 plans to offer Americans outside of “high income” brackets $2,000 each out of his