The resolution also includes a $4 trillion debt ceiling increase ’to give stability to the financial markets.’ The House Freedom Caucus released a budget resolution on Feb. 10 that would allocate hundreds of billions of dollars toward spending on defense and the border in addition to raising the debt ceiling. The 45-page legislative text mirrors
The final vote to confirm Tulsi Gabbard to the position of director of national intelligence will likely take place Tuesday or Wednesday. The Senate voted on Feb. 10 to invoke cloture on the nomination of Tulsi Gabbard to the position of director of national intelligence, bringing the former congresswoman one step closer to confirmation. The
Deputy foreign minister says Russia is not willing to compromise. The Kremlin has warned that Russia’s relations with the United States are on the brink of collapse, insisting that all of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s conditions must be met before peace negotiations on Ukraine can proceed, suggesting Moscow is taking a hardline approach as President
The president says he intends to purge the oversight groups of ‘woke ideologues.’ President Donald Trump on Feb. 10 ordered the immediate dismissal of four military Boards of Visitors, oversight groups that monitor the academies of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard. “Our Service Academies have been infiltrated by Woke Leftist ideologues over
The Democratic leader plans to fight the new administration with whistleblowers, lawsuits, legislation, and messaging. Sen. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Feb. 10 unveiled a four-point plan to oppose sweeping changes implemented by President Donald Trump during his second term in office. “This coordinated assault is not what most Americans and our constituents voted
The move comes as part of the Trump administration’s whole-of-government approach to curbing illegal immigration. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem is turning to an unconventional source for assistance with immigration enforcement: the IRS. In a Feb. 7 memo obtained by The Epoch Times, Noem called on Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to allow
The cuts were ordered late last week by the federal health agency. Democratic attorneys general of 22 states filed a lawsuit on Monday seeking to block billions of dollars in cuts to the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) ordered last week by the Trump administration. Filed in federal court in Boston, their lawsuit is