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The U.S. Capitol building in Washington on Sept. 9, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times WASHINGTON—The Senate on Sept. 19 failed to advance a House-passed bill to fund the government until Nov. 21, less than two weeks before a shutdown deadline. The Senate failed to get 60 votes to overcome a filibuster on the bill. The

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) speaks during a press conference as members of Congress have two weeks to reach a deal to avert a looming partial government shutdown, on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 16, 2025. Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) told Fox News in a Sept. 18 interview that he

Gov. Greg Abbott speaks to reporters after a bill signing at the state Capitol in Austin, Texas, on Aug. 22, 2025. Eric Gay/AP Photo WASHINGTON—Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Sept. 17 signed a bill into law that aims to halt the sale of abortion medication by mail to residents of his state. The bill, known

Federal agents detain elected officials after they demand access to inspect the detainment facility at immigration court at the Jacob K. Javits federal building in New York City, on Sept. 18, 2025. Yuki Iwamura/AP Photo Federal agents arrested more than a dozen New York State elected officials inside a federal facility in Manhattan used to

Federal Communication Commission Chair Brendan Carr testifies before the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Communications and Technology Subcommittee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington on Dec. 5, 2019. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images The House Oversight Committee rejected a motion on Sept. 18 to subpoena Brendan Carr, head of the Federal Communications