43m ago House Homeland Security Committee Democrats urge colleagues to oppose funding package House Homeland Security Committee Democrats, led by Rep. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi, sent a letter to their Democratic colleagues on Sunday urging them to vote against the government funding package that includes a two-week continuing resolution to fund the Department of
President Donald Trump delivers remarks to the United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters in New York City on Sept. 23, 2025. Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images President Donald Trump has denied that the United Nations will have to close its headquarters in New York for financial reasons, and has talked of the organization’s “tremendous
President Donald Trump delivers remarks to the United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters in New York City, on Sept. 23, 2025. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images President Donald Trump has denied that the United Nations will have to close its headquarters in New York City for financial reasons, and he has talked of
President Donald Trump boards Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Md., on Jan. 27, 2026. Win McNamee/Getty Images President Donald Trump said on Feb. 1 that Iran’s decision on a nuclear deal will determine whether Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s prediction that a U.S. attack could lead to a regional war is accurate.
The U.S. Capitol building after a snowstorm in Washington on Jan. 28, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The U.S. House of Representatives on Monday will begin work to pass a Senate bill to fund the government as multiple agencies remain in a partial shutdown. Several sectors of the government entered a partial shutdown just after
The U.S. Capitol building in Washington on Feb. 2, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The House Rules Committee on Monday advanced a Senate bill to fund the government as multiple agencies remain in a partial shutdown. The measure advanced in a party-line 8–4 vote following the more than four-hour committee hearing. We had a problem
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts will close for approximately two years for “Construction, Revitalization, and Complete Rebuilding,” President Trump announced on Sunday. Complete closure of the performing arts center in Washington, D.C., will start on July 4, Mr. Trump said in a social media post. The decision to fully close the center