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Senate leaders speak on the floor on the afternoon of Sept. 29 as it returns from a week’s break on Monday with two days left to act to extend government funding or trigger a partial agency shutdown. The chamber’s top Democrat, Chuck Schumer, is urging his caucus to vote against funding operations in the face

Senate leaders speak on the floor on the afternoon of Sept. 29 as it returns from a week’s break on Monday with two days left to act to extend government funding or trigger a partial agency shutdown. The chamber’s top Democrat, Chuck Schumer, is urging his caucus to vote against funding operations in the face

Both the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Social Security Administration (SSA) are ending the issuance of paper checks on Sept. 30 under a change initiated by the Trump administration to move toward digital payments. Fewer than 1 percent of all Social Security beneficiaries receive paper checks, the SSA has said. Meanwhile, the IRS said

The FBI shared the latest on its investigation into Sunday’s deadly church shooting in Michigan. President Donald Trump is hosting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House. They are discussing Trump’s 21-point peace plan to end the war in Gaza. The Trump administration is seeking to reverse the decline of t… Original News

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he departs for the Ryder Cup golf competition in New York, from the White House, on Sept. 26, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times President Donald Trump said on Sept. 29 that “substantial” furniture tariffs will be imposed on any country that does not have a furniture manufacturing footprint

The logo for AstraZeneca outside its North America headquarters in Wilmington, Del., on Mar. 22, 2021. Rachel Wisniewski/Reuters AstraZeneca announced on Sept. 29 that it will list its ordinary shares directly on the New York Stock Exchange, replacing its American depository receipts, but said it is not abandoning London. AstraZeneca, the UK’s second-biggest listed company