The U.S. Capitol building in Washington on July 14, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times Vice President JD Vance on July 15 cast a tie-breaking vote to advance a package that would rescind $9 billion in funding for the federal government, a trimmed-down version of President Donald Trump’s $9.4 billion rescissions request. Lawmakers advanced the bill
Inflation ticked up in June, here’s where prices rose most – CBS News Watch CBS News The Consumer Price Index, which tracks the changing costs of goods, rose in June for the second month in a row. Kelly O’Grady breaks down what that means. View CBS News In Be the first to know Get browser
Actress and parent’s rights advocate Sam Sorbo speaks at a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on July 15, 2025. Stacy Robinson/The Epoch Times WASHINGTON—Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) joined leaders from parental rights groups on Capitol Hill on July 15 to ask President Donald Trump to vindicate parents who say they were targeted by
Washington — The Senate is moving forward Tuesday night on a request from the White House to claw back billions in funds for international aid and public broadcasting as Congress faces a Friday deadline to act. In what’s known as a rescissions package, the White House in June requested that Congress cancel $9.4 billion in
The U.S. Capitol building in Washington on July 14, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times President Donald Trump said that holdouts on his cryptocurrency legislation agreed to support a procedural vote hours after blocking the three bills over concerns that one of the bills—to ban central bank digital currencies (CBDC)—would not pass the Senate. “I am
The U.S. Capitol building in Washington on July 14, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The House was brought to a standstill on July 15 after conservatives tanked a vote to progress a series of cryptocurrency-related bills over their concerns that the format would leave loopholes for a future central bank digital currency (CBDC), which unlike
Trump details frustrations with Putin as Russia ramps up attacks on Ukraine – CBS News Watch CBS News President Trump now wants to give more weapons to Ukraine and is threatening increased sanctions if Russian President Vladimir Putin doesn’t agree to end the war in 50 days. The president explained why in a phone call