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The Senate adjourned for the Memorial Day recess on May 21 without final passage of a roughly $72 billion reconciliation bill that would fund U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection, after internal GOP divisions over…

The U.S. Department of Commerce is awarding $2 billion to IBM and eight other American quantum computing companies in an effort to secure the nation’s lead in the race to build the world’s most powerful computers. IBM is set to…

Secretary of State Marco Rubio departs Miami at 11 a.m. ET on May 21 en route to Malmö Airport in Sweden.

WASHINGTON—U.S. lawmakers are introducing legislation that would prohibit American investors from funding companies controlled by Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials on the U.S. blacklist. The legislation, shared with The Epoch Times ahead of its release, would direct Treasury Secretary ​Scott…

The House Homeland Security Committee’s Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection holds a hearing at 2 p.m. ET on May 21 titled “State and Local Cybersecurity: Escalating Threats, Federal Partnership, and the Resilience of America’s Communities.” Witnesses: Kristin Darby —…

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) on May 21 released its long-buried 2024 election autopsy, with DNC Chair Ken Martin apologizing for shelving the document late last year and distancing himself from its contents. “I am not proud of this product;…

President Donald Trump participates in an announcement with the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency at 11 a.m. ET on May 21 in the Oval Office. ...

The Department of Justice and federal law enforcement officials hold a press conference at 12 P.M. ET on May 21 to announce a major law enforcement action involving alleged fraud in Minnesota. Participants include Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, Health…

WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump will announce two Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) actions on May 21 aimed at reducing restrictions on refrigerants, according to a White House official. “Today, the Trump EPA is fulfilling President Trump’s promise to lower costs and is…

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 8–1 on May 21 that a U.S. company should be able to sue cruise lines for using its business assets that Cuba’s communist government seized decades ago. The case is Havana Docks Corp. v. Royal…

Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on May 21 that Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te would be happy to speak with U.S. President Donald Trump, in what would be an unprecedented phone call between the leaders. Trump said on May 20…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark—Bea Ferdinandsen Kaas held up her phone. The traditional Greenlandic tattoos on her fingers fanned out around the image of a child: her granddaughter. She’s fighting to be able to raise the young girl, who she says was taken…

Vice President JD Vance said during a May 13 press conference that he was intensifying attempts to counter Medicaid fraud by investigating state-level units responsible for oversight. States such as California and Hawaii seemed to lag behind others in combatting…

In September 2025, the board of Saline Township, Michigan, gathered for a vote on a proposed $7 billion artificial intelligence (AI) mega-project in their area. Four of the small township’s five board members rejected the bid by OpenAI, Oracle, and…

President Donald Trump said on May 20 that the United States will not escalate actions against Cuba, in comments following the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ’s) unsealing of murder charges against former Cuban President Raúl Castro. “There won’t be escalation.…

A federal judge on May 20 ordered Trump administration officials to comply with a federal law requiring the preservation of presidential records. Washington-based U.S. District Judge John D. Bates ruled that a legal opinion by the Office of Legal Counsel…

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. unveils a major Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Surgeon General initiative on youth screen time guidance at 3:30 p.m. ET on May 20. ...

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. joins Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds for a MAHA bill signing ceremony at 1 p.m. ET on May 20.

U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Douglas A. Collins testifies at the hearing on Review of the Fiscal Year 2027 Budget and 2028 Advance Appropriations Requests for the Department of Veterans Affairs at 4 p.m. ET on May 20.    Witnesses:…

A former Trump administration official and campaign aide, Michael Caputo, said Wednesday that he is filing a claim under the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) recently created “anti-weaponization” fund, becoming the first person to publicly use the fund. “The machinery of…