The U.S. Capitol building during the government shutdown in Washington on Oct. 20, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times WASHINGTON—Republicans and Democrats showed no signs of agreement as a government shutdown reached 22 days, making it the second-longest in history. A Republican-backed stopgap funding measure on Oct. 22 again failed to gain the 60 votes needed
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte (L) shakes hands with U.S. President Donald Trump during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on Oct. 22, 2025. Alex Wong/Getty Images WASHINGTON—U.S. President Donald Trump hosted NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte at the White House on Oct. 22 to discuss the ongoing war in Ukraine.
James L Simon, a co-producer for ‘Operation Mincemeat,’ received positive coverage in at least one paid placement online, pushing his transgression off Google’s home page NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MARCH 20: (L-R) Claire-Marie Hall, Zoë Roberts, David Cumming, Natasha Hodgson, and Jak Malone take their curtain call during “Operation Mincemeat” Broadway opening night at
California state Sen. Scott Wiener speaks at a “Just Majority” nationwide bus tour press conference to call for reforms to the U.S. Supreme Court on May 16, 2023, in Sacramento, Calif. Kimberly White/Getty Images for Demand Justice California state Sen. Scott Wiener, a Democrat, launched a campaign on Wednesday to unseat U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer chimed in during Sen. Jeff Merkley’s ongoing speech to ask an extended question of the Oregon Democrat on the Senate floor. Schumer railed against President Trump for refusing to negotiate on the ongoing shutdown and health care issues. Schumer accused the president of “spending all his time on eroding democracy,
Former U.S. Sen. John E. Sununu, in a file photo. Former U.S. Sen. John E. Sununu, a member of the prominent Sununu political family, on Oct. 22 entered the 2026 U.S. Senate election in New Hampshire as a Republican candidate. Sununu announced his candidacy with a video posted on X, pitching himself as a bipartisan
The party has struggled with internal turmoil for months Kamala Harris (Win McNamee/Getty Images) Major Democratic donors turned down the Democratic National Committee’s request to host a fundraiser, with one sending a “profanity-laced” message in response. “At one point earlier this year, the DNC reached out to big donors to host a San Francisco-area fundraiser