House Advances Megabill to Final Vote After Holdouts Persuaded

The U.S. Capitol building in Washington on July 2, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times WASHINGTON—After House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and Republican leaders spent hours scrambling to flip holdouts, President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act passed a key procedural vote in the House. In the early hours of July 3, the House voted

House Nears Final Vote on Trump Megabill After Holdouts Persuaded

The U.S. Capitol building in Washington on July 2, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times WASHINGTON—After House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and Republican leaders spent hours scrambling to flip holdouts, President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act passed a key procedural vote in the House. In the early hours of July 3, the House voted

Pentagon Pauses Some Arms Shipments to Ukraine

Ukrainian-made fixed-wing Besomar 3210 drone interceptors are handed over to the Armed Forces by Kozytskyi Charity Foundation in an undisclosed location in the Lviv region, western Ukraine, on Feb. 21, 2025. Mykola Tys, File/AP Photo The Pentagon announced on July 2 that it was pausing some shipments of weapons to Ukraine again, following more than

Transportation Secretary Urges Governors to Remove Political Messages From Crosswalks, Intersections

A view of the rainbow crosswalk during Lightbox X Coolhaus Pride Event at Stonewall Inn in New York City on June 29, 2019. Jennifer Graylock/Getty Images for Battalion PR Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy sent a letter on July 1 to all 50 state governors, the mayor of Washington, D.C., and the governor of Puerto Rico

Trump Says June 2025 Border Statistics Are Lowest in US History

U.S. military personnel install concertina wire on top of the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border between San Diego and Tijuana near the San Ysidro Port of Entry in San Diego, Calif., on April 23, 2025. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP/Getty Images President Donald Trump said on July 2 that the previous month’s border statistics were the lowest

House taking key vote on Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” after pressure from GOP holdouts

Washington — House Republicans began taking a key procedural vote on President Trump’s massive domestic policy bill late Wednesday evening, after scrambling for hours to shore up support ahead of a self-imposed July 4 deadline to get the bill to the president’s desk. It remains unclear if House Republicans have enough support to get the current version of

Kilmar Abrego Garcia alleges “psychological torture” at Salvadoran prison

Kilmar Abrego Garcia — the man whose mistaken deportation by the Trump administration has fueled a monthslong legal saga — alleged Wednesday that he faced “psychological torture” and “severe beatings” after he was sent to a supermax prison in El Salvador earlier this year. The new allegations emerged in a legal filing by attorneys for