Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-SD) walks away from the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, DC, on July 2, 2025. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump has been meeting with House Republicans amid hesitation over the One Big Beautiful Bill Act to enact the president’s signature legislative agenda by a July 4 deadline.
Washington — President Trump’s administration asked the Supreme Court on Wednesday to allow him to fire three members of the independent Consumer Product Safety Commission. The request to the high court by Solicitor General D. John Sauer arose from a federal judge’s decision earlier this month that found Mr. Trump’s removal of the three commissioners
Washington — The House convened Wednesday to take up President Trump’s Senate-passed massive domestic policy bill, with Republicans aiming to approve the final version of the legislation ahead of a July 4 deadline to get the bill to the president’s desk. The House Rules Committee advanced the Senate’s changes to the bill overnight, setting up
Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) speaks during the weekly Senate presser in the U.S. Capitol building in Washington on July 9, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times Nearly $7 billion in previously approved K–12 federal funding for schools across the nation has been delayed without a detailed explanation, Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) announced on Monday. In a
Trump’s global tariff deadline looms What Trump’s looming global tariff deadline could mean for Americans 04:55 Washington — President Trump announced Wednesday that the U.S. has reached a trade deal with Vietnam, days before the July 9 deadline when the pause on his so-called reciprocal tariffs will expire. Under the terms of the agreement, Mr.
Day camp providers and schools say the Trump administration’s funding freeze could ruin summer for low-income American families and jeopardize some after-school programs next year. The administration is holding back over $6 billion in federal grants for after-school and summer programs, English language instruction, adult literacy and more as it conducts a review to ensure
House Speaker Mike Johnson attends the gold medal ceremony for the U.S. Army Rangers of WWII in the Emancipation Hall of the U.S. Capitol on June 26, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said he is unsatisfied with how the Senate changed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act before passing it