Trump Asks Supreme Court to Allow Him to Fire Consumer Product Safety Officials

The U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington on June 25, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times President Donald Trump filed an emergency application with the Supreme Court on July 2, asking the justices to let him fire three Biden appointees at the Consumer Product Safety Commission. The application in Trump v. Boyle, filed by Solicitor General

Trump Meeting With House GOP Holdouts Ahead of Key Megabill Vote

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters as he departs for Florida from the White House on July 1, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump has been meeting with House Republicans amid hesitation over the One Big Beautiful Bill Act to enact the president’s signature legislative agenda by a July 4 deadline. “Negotiations are

Trump Meets With House GOP Holdouts Ahead of Key Megabill Vote

Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-SD) walks away from the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, DC, on July 2, 2025. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump has been meeting with House Republicans amid hesitation over the One Big Beautiful Bill Act to enact the president’s signature legislative agenda by a July 4 deadline.

Trump asks Supreme Court to let him fire members of consumer safety panel

Washington — President Trump’s administration asked the Supreme Court on Wednesday to allow him to fire three members of the independent Consumer Product Safety Commission. The request to the high court by Solicitor General D. John Sauer arose from a federal judge’s decision earlier this month that found Mr. Trump’s removal of the three commissioners

House convenes to take up Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” after Senate passage

Washington — The House convened Wednesday to take up President Trump’s Senate-passed massive domestic policy bill, with Republicans aiming to approve the final version of the legislation ahead of a July 4 deadline to get the bill to the president’s desk. The House Rules Committee advanced the Senate’s changes to the bill overnight, setting up

U.S. Schools Awaiting Billions in Approved Federal Funding, Senator Says

Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) speaks during the weekly Senate presser in the U.S. Capitol building in Washington on July 9, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times Nearly $7 billion in previously approved K–12 federal funding for schools across the nation has been delayed without a detailed explanation, Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) announced on Monday. In a