The House Budget Committee holds a hearing on the Department of Homeland Security, focusing on Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), with testimony from CBP Commissioner Rodney Scott, ICE Acting Director Todd Lyons, and USCIS Directo… Original News Source Link – Epoch Times
The House Appropriations’ Subcommittee on Defense holds a budget hearing on the United States Army in Washington, D.C., at 10 a.m. ET on April 16. Witnesses: Daniel P. Driscoll, secretary of the Army Gen. Christopher C. LaNeve, vice chief and acting chief of staff of the Army Original News Source Link – Epoch Times
President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold a press conference after meeting at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, on Dec. 29, 2025. Jonathan Ernst/Retuers Republican senators ensured the sale of some $450 million in bombs and bulldozers to Israel would go ahead on April 15, blocking a pair of resolutions
The Congressional-Executive Commission on China holds a hearing titled “Dark Nets, Illicit Labor—Confronting China’s IUU Fishing and Seafood Supply Chain” at 10 a.m. ET on April 16. Witnesses include: • Ian Urbina, director and founder of The Outlaw Ocean Project • Rear Adm. Scott Clendenin (ret.), owner of Dog Zebra Solution… Original News Source Link
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks during a news briefing in the Brady Briefing Room at the White House on April 15, 2026. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on April 15 that the United States plans to target Iran economically with the “financial equivalent” of a bombing campaign. “Yesterday,
Pipeline used to carry crude oil sits awaiting use at the Superior, Wis., terminal of Enbridge Energy on June 29, 2018. Jim Mone/AP Photo/File President Donald Trump issued several pipeline permits on April 15, including one for the construction of a new pipeline to facilitate the transportation of crude oil and petroleum products between the
Tom Steyer speaks at the National Action Networks Southeast Regional Conference in Atlanta on Nov. 21, 2019. Steyer was then a Democratic presidential candidate. Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images Billionaire Tom Steyer, who is running for California governor, has vowed to completely abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the state and arrest agents who he claimed