The U.S. military conducts a strike against an alleged drug boat tied to the cartel Tren de Aragua, in a still from video of the strike shared by President Donald Trump on Truth Social on Sept. 2, 2025. @realDonaldTrump via Truth Social President Donald Trump on Sept. 3 sent a warning to Venezuela after the
Washington — Justice Amy Coney Barrett said that the Supreme Court “should not be imposing its own values on the American people,” as the high court faces a longshot bid to revisit its decade-old landmark ruling legalizing same-sex marriage. In her first television interview since joining the Supreme Court in October 2020, Barrett told CBS
The Senate Banking Committee holds a hearing on the nomination of Stephen Miran, of New York, as a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors at 10 a.m. ET on Sept. 4. Other nominations include Benjamin Hobbs, of Ohio, and Ronald Kurtz, of Georgia, for assistant secretary of housing and urban development; Chris Pilkerton,…
Updated 7m ago Senators on Finance Committee preview their questions for Kennedy Members of the Senate Finance Committee previewed their questions for Kennedy to reporters this week, with some expressing concern about the recent CDC departures and others offering support for Kennedy. Sen. Thom Tillis, a North Carolina Republican, told reporters Wednesday that he
Americans tend to believe Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.‘s policies are making vaccines less available rather than more available. But the large majority of Americans feels government policy ought to make vaccines more available if people want them. A sizable third haven’t heard or aren’t sure. Also, there’s a wide view
Vice President J.D. Vance speaks at Mid-City Steel in La Crosse, Wis., on Aug. 28, 2025. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images Vice President JD Vance said the administration has “no immediate plans” to deploy the National Guard to Chicago, after some remarks from President Donald Trump indicating that such a deployment could happen. Vance’s remarks come after
The U.S. Capitol building in Washington on Sept. 2, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The U.S. House of Representatives on Sept. 3 approved the establishment of a new committee to investigate the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. In a 212–208 vote, the House approved a rule that wrapped in the new panel