Senate Democrats Threaten to Shut Down Government Over DHS Funding Following Minnesota Shooting

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) speaks at a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Jan. 14, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times Democrats will vote against an upcoming funding bill if it doesn’t “rein in” federal immigration enforcement efforts after the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis man by a Border Patrol agent, Senate

Pentagon Releases New Defense Strategy: 4 Things to Know

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during the POW/MIA National Recognition Day Ceremony at the Pentagon, Friday, Sept. 19, 2025, in Washington. AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson The Pentagon released its new National Defense Strategy late on Jan. 23, placing the homeland and a surrounding sphere of influence as the top priority for the U.S. military. Nearly

Senate Democrats will not provide votes to advance DHS funding bill, Schumer says

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Saturday that Democrats will not put up the necessary votes to advance a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security in the wake of immigration agents shooting and killing a man in Minneapolis on Saturday.  “What’s happening in Minnesota is appalling —and unacceptable in any American city. Democrats

Democrat Senate Candidates in Texas Focus on Trump Admin in First Primary Debate

A Texas flag at a house next to the Guadalupe River in the aftermath of flash floods in Kerrville, Texas, on July 8, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times Texas Democrat voters witnessed their first side-by-side glimpse of their party’s candidates for the state’s Senate seat up for election this year in a debate focused on

Pro-Life Advocates Urge Trump Admin to Restrict Abortion Pill

People take part in the 53rd annual March for Life in Washington on Jan. 23, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times WASHINGTON—Pro-life advocates are calling on the Trump administration to reimpose restrictions on the abortion pill. At the 53rd annual March for Life, advocates praised the administration for policy victories against abortion, but many said more