Washington — The Senate is expected to vote Thursday on advancing an individual year-long appropriations bill to fund the Pentagon as GOP leaders pursue an alternative approach to restart some funding as the government shutdown has stretched into a third week. Senate Majority Leader John Thune teed up consideration of the full-year Defense Department appropriations
House Speaker Mike Johnson, Majority Leader Steve Scalise, Republican Conference Chair Lisa McClain, and Homeland Security Committee Chair Andrew Garbarino hold a press conference at 10 a.m. ET on Oct. 16 to address the ongoing U.S. government shutdown. Original News Source Link – Epoch TimesRunning For Office? Conservative Campaign Consulting – Election Day Strategies!
House Speaker Mike Johnson, Majority Leader Steve Scalise, Republican Conference Chair Lisa McClain, and Homeland Security Committee Chair Andrew Garbarino hold a press conference at 10 a.m. ET on Oct. 16 to address the ongoing U.S. government shutdown. Original News Source Link – Epoch TimesRunning For Office? Conservative Campaign Consulting – Election Day Strategies!
President Donald Trump, with FBI Director Kash Patel (L) listening, speaks in Washington on Oct. 15, 2025. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images President Donald Trump and other administration officials on Oct. 15 criticized the lack of jail time for teenagers who admitted to assaulting a federal worker. “That’s terrible,” Trump said in response to a question during
A woman speaks into a megaphone in front of Immigration and Customs Enforcement offices in Portland, Oregon, on Oct. 4, 2025. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times A federal judge on Oct. 15 extended her order preventing President Donald Trump from deploying members of the Oregon National Guard to protect Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities in
Washington — Nationwide, states are racing to win their share of a new $50 billion rural health fund. But helping rural hospitals, as originally envisioned, is quickly becoming a quaint idea. Rather, states should submit applications that “rebuild and reshape” how health care is delivered in rural communities, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services official Abe
10:48 PM CDC scientist laid off during shutdown warns RIF layoffs will mean “more preventable deaths” A scientist laid off by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said “the everyday American should be very concerned” by reductions in force amid the government shutdown. “It’s going to mean more deaths, more preventable deaths,”