Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Chairman Bill Cassidy (R-La.) speaks on Capitol Hill on May 14, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times Republican senators launched an investigation Wednesday into companies that make the abortion pill mifepristone, questioning whether they are complying with federal safety mandates. Republicans on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
Secretary of State Marco Rubio accompanies President Trump as they leave the White House on March 20, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times President Donald Trump on Wednesday asked Congress to pass a clean reauthorization of a critical—but controversial—spying authority as the U.S. military operation in Iran continues. “I have called for a clean 18-month extension,”
President Donald Trump will soon nominate a permanent director for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, its acting chief, National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya, told agency employees at a Wednesday staff meeting. According to a recording obtained by KFF Health News, Dr. Bhattacharya told CDC staff that President Trump could name a
The Federal Emergency Management Agency on Wednesday opened applications for a major resilience grant program that the agency canceled last year, less than three weeks after a federal judge ordered FEMA to make the funding available. FEMA will make $1 billion available for the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program, which helps states, local governments,
Trump claims progress with Iran as Tehran rejects ceasefire proposal – CBS News Watch CBS News Iran has rejected the Trump administration’s 15-point proposal to end the war, contradicting the president’s claims that Iranian leaders are eager to end the conflict. Holly Williams reports. link.lazyload { position: absolute; } .content__meta-wrapper::before { width: 100%; } .device–type-mobile
A Trump administration official has made new criminal referrals against New York Attorney General Letitia James to federal prosecutors in Miami and Chicago for two cases of possible homeowner’s insurance fraud, sources familiar with the matter told CBS News. Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte said in a letter Wednesday to prosecutors in Florida
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks as he visits the production facility of drone producing company Quantum Frontline Industries in Gilching near Munich, Germany, on Feb. 13, 2026. Alexandra Beier/AFP via Getty Images WASHINGTON—A U.S. official has pushed back after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said U.S. security guarantees for Ukraine are contingent on Kyiv ceding control