The U.S. Capitol in Washington on July 16, 2025. Alex Wrobleski/AFP via Getty Images The House of Representatives on July 17 passed a revised $9 billion rescissions package, sending the measure to President Donald Trump for his signature. The tally was 216–213, with two Republicans—Reps. Mike Turner (R-Ohio) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.)—voting against the bill.
President Trump late Thursday ordered Attorney General Pam Bondi to seek the release of grand jury testimony related to Jeffrey Epstein — as his administration faces pressure to disclose more details on the late sex offender. “Based on the ridiculous amount of publicity given to Jeffrey Epstein, I have asked Attorney General Pam Bondi to
President Donald Trump speaks with reporters as he departs for Florida from the White House on July 1, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times President Donald Trump said on July 17 that he had asked the Department of Justice to release “any and all pertinent Grand Jury testimony” from the case involving financier and sex offender
President Trump asked about the idea of firing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell in a meeting with lawmakers this week, CBS News has reported, a legally untested move that follows years of on-and-off criticism of the Fed leader leveled by Mr. Trump. The president’s gripes with his handpicked Fed chair — whom he has called
Fed Chair Jerome Powell testifies before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 25, 2025. Kent Nishimura/Getty Images Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell responded in a July 17 letter to a senior Trump administration official who last week accused the leader of the nation’s central bank
(L–R) Piero Tozzi, senior policy adviser to Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.), Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.), Robert Destro, former assistant secretary of state for democracy, human rights, and labor, and Smith stand together with people who received certificates for quitting the Chinese Communist Party-affiliated organizations, in Washington, on July 17, 2025. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times WASHINGTON—Lawmakers
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian was injured during one of Israel’s attacks on Iran, two U.S. intelligence sources have confirmed to CBS News. The sources told CBS News that reports in Iranian state-run media are accurate that Pezeshkian was attending a Supreme National Security Council meeting when the Israeli strike happened. The state media report said