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(Background) WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 21: Rep. James Comer (R-KY) speaks at a press conference at the US Capitol on October 21, 2025 in Washington, DC. The government remains shut down after Congress failed to reach a funding deal 21 days ago. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images) / (R-Top) WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 17: U.S. Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) speaks to reporters at a news conference inside the U.S. Capitol on November 17, 2025 in Washington, DC. Jeffries spoke to reporters about a range of topics including the upcoming house vote on the declassification of Epstein files and the 2026 midterms. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) / (R-Bottom) WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 16: Rep. Stacey Plaskett (D-VI) speaks during a mark up meeting with the House Budget Committee on Capitol Hill on May 16, 2025 in Washington, DC. Members of the Budget Committee met to consider House Republicans’ reconciliation bill, which includes U.S. President Donald Trump's proposed tax and spending cuts. The bill faced bipartisan opposition, with five Republican members of the House Budget Committee voting against it and supporting a motion for the committee to recess for the weekend. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Comer calls out Democrat Party efforts to defame Trump in Epstein docs controversy: ‘Their latest anti-Trump hoax has collapsed’

In a fiery exchange on the House floor, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer called out Democrats for their direct and indirect involvement with pedophile sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein — noting how House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’ fundraising team solicited him for donations and a private meeting in 2013 — five years after being convicted of procuring a minor for prostitution.

(Background) WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 17: U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks during a meeting of the White House Task Force on the FIFA World Cup 2026 in the Oval Office of the White House on November 17, 2025 in Washington, DC. The task force was created to oversee security, logistics, and federal government support for the 2025 Club World Cup and the 2026 FIFA World Cup, jointly hosted by the United States. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) / (R)WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 16: Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Mehmet Oz speaks during an event in the Oval Office of the White House on October 16, 2025 in Washington, DC. President Donald Trump outlined plans to expand vitro fertilization (IVF) access by encouraging workplace benefits to include access to IVF and infertility coverage. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Trump says he’s in talks with Democrats on a direct healthcare payment proposal

President Donald Trump revealed that he is personally negotiating with Democrats on a dramatic overhaul of how the federal government helps millions of Americans pay for health insurance.

Workers for La Colaborativa load fresh food into a food delivery truck for delivery at a public housing area later in the day in Chelsea, Massachusetts on November 13, 2025, during a free food distribution for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients. The mobile pantry services the vulnerable population of the city and those who can't make it to the pantry itself as well as those who have lost SNAP benefits. (Photo by Joseph Prezioso / AFP) (Photo by JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images) / U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins speaks alongside U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) during a news conference on Capitol Hill on October 31, 2025 in Washington, DC. The House Speaker's office held the news conference on the 31st day of the government shutdown to discuss food stamp programs running out of funding. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

States work to restore full SNAP benefits by next week

As the longest government shutdown in United States history ends, state officials are working to quickly get full food benefits to millions of people.

US President Donald Trump signs the bill package to re-open the federal government in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on November 12, 2025. Congress on Wednesday ended the longest government shutdown in US history, 43 days that paralyzed Washington and left hundreds of thousands of workers unpaid while Republicans and Democrats played a high-stakes blame game. The Republican-led House of Representatives voted largely along party lines to approve a Senate-passed package that will reopen federal departments and agencies, as many Democrats fume over what they see as a capitulation by party leaders. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Paychecks to federal employees expected to resume over the weekend

Paychecks to federal employees are expected to resume beginning this Saturday as the longest government shutdown ever recorded in United States history comes to a close, according to a new report.

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 4: House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) speaks alongside Republican House leadership during a news conference on November 4, 2025 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Republican congressional leadership spoke as the U.S. Government shutdown reached day 35. (Photo by Tom Brenner/Getty Images)

House set to vote to end longest government shutdown in history

The longest government shutdown in United States history may be coming to an end.

ATLANTA, GEORGIA - JANUARY 01: Texas Governor Greg Abbott poses on the field prior to the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl between the Texas Longhorns and Arizona State Sun Devils at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on January 01, 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images)

Abbott launches reelection campaign, vowing to protect Texas from ‘far-left progressive insanity’

Texas GOP Governor Greg Abbott has announced that he is running for a fourth term — as he continues his mission to safeguard the state of Texas from “far-left progressive insanity.”