Dr. Mehmet Oz testifies during a confirmation hearing before the Senate Finance Committee in Washington on March 14, 2025. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has uncovered more Medicaid funds unlawfully spent on health care for illegal immigrants, reaching $1.8 billion in eight states, Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz announced on
Washington — Senate Republicans killed a war powers resolution to limit President Trump’s ability to further strike Venezuela after the White House put pressure on a handful of GOP senators who supported it. Republican Sens. Josh Hawley of Missouri and Todd Young of Indiana flipped their support Wednesday after initially voting to advance it. Vice
The U.S. Capitol building at sunset in Washington on Jan. 12, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times WASHINGTON—The U.S. Senate voted on Wednesday night to shelve a Democrat-led resolution to constrain President Donald Trump’s ability to direct continued military action against Venezuela. Senators were on track to take the War Powers resolution, sponsored by Sen. Tim
The California Capitol in Sacramento on March 16, 2025. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times A three-judge panel on a federal district court on Jan. 14 rejected a Republican bid to overturn California’s redistricted maps, upholding the results of the Proposition 50 referendum. In a 2–1 decision, the panel in the U.S. District Court for the Central
U.S. President Donald Trump, alongside L/R Ford executive chairman Bill Fordand Ford CEO Jim Farley, tours Ford Motor Company’s River Rouge complex in Dearborn, Michigan, on Jan. 13, 2026. Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP via Getty Images News Analysis U.S. President Donald Trump struck a familiar note this week by dismissing the importance of
Washington — The House passed the latest bipartisan funding package Wednesday, moving one step closer to fully funding the government through September. Congress is rushing to beat a Jan. 30 deadline to pass the annual appropriations bills to avoid another government shutdown. Top lawmakers on the Senate and House appropriations committees released a two-bill package
MINNEAPOLIS—Activists in Minneapolis are continuing to organize efforts to impede immigration enforcement as the Trump administration surges more agents to the Twin Cities. Local efforts to disrupt the work of immigration officers in the area began weeks before a deadly shooting brought Minneapolis into the national spotlight on Jan. 7. An Immigration and Customs Enforcement