Rep Ilhan Omar (D-Min.) speaks to reporters in the hallway outside a House Committee on Education and the Workforce hearing at Capitol Hill in Washington, on April 17, 2024. Drew Angerer/AFP via Getty Images The House of Representatives on Sept. 17 rejected a bid to censure Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) for comments she made about
California, Hawaii, Oregon and Washington on Wednesday issued unified recommendations on COVID-19, influenza and RSV vaccines that differ from those issued by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Governors of the states, which make up the newly-formed West Coast Health Alliance, said in a joint press statement that their alliance was “fighting
A federal immigration judge has ordered Mahmoud Khalil — a former Columbia University graduate student linked to pro-Palestinian protests — to be deported to either Algeria or Syria. The ruling was issued last week, but it first came to light in court papers filed by Khalil’s lawyers on Wednesday as part of his lawsuit against
President Trump announced Wednesday that he will designate antifa as a terrorist organization, and is recommending investigations into people who allegedly fund it. It’s unclear when the designation will take place, or what legal implications it will have. Antifa — short for anti-fascist — is a loose affiliation of mostly left-leaning activists, and generally is
The U.S. health care system has grown in cost and complexity over the decades, leading some observers to say it’s time for a radical shakeup. The current system is an amalgam of public and private insurers, for-profit and nonprofit care providers, drug manufacturers, benefit managers, retailers, and sprawling health conglomerates. We had a problem loading
The U.S. health care system has grown in cost and complexity over the decades, leading some observers to say that it is time for a radical shake-up. The current system is an amalgam of public and private insurers, for-profit and nonprofit care providers, drug manufacturers, benefit managers, retailers, and sprawling health conglomerates. We had a
The U.S. Capitol building in Washington on Sept. 9, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The House of Representatives on Sept. 17 advanced a measure to tee up a vote for a continuing resolution (CR) later this week to avert a partial government shutdown in two weeks. Lawmakers in the Republican-controlled House voted 216–210 to approve