Scavenger hunts, Christmas mass, Cajun-fried turkey: Capitol Hill’s favorite holiday traditions
House lawmakers on both sides of the aisle agree that the holidays are a time for family, friends, and showing people that they care.
House lawmakers on both sides of the aisle agree that the holidays are a time for family, friends, and showing people that they care.
Erika Kirk speaks at Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest in Phoenix on Dec. 20, 2025. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times PHOENIX—A wild and bright spectacle. A marketplace of ideas, not to mention right-branded products. An arena of pundit-on-pundit conflict over Israel and other issues, waged for the era of X threads and Instagram reels. A gathering of
A planned Christmas Eve jazz concert at the Kennedy Center, a holiday tradition at the Washington, D.C., performing arts center dating back more than 20 years, has been canceled. The show’s host, musician Chuck Redd, told The Associated Press he called off the performance after the White House announced last week that President Trump’s name
A group of 19 Democrat-led states filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration over a declaration to restrict gender transition treatments for minors.
Mesa County, Colo., clerk Tina Peters at a rally in Denver, Colo., on April 5, 2022. David Zalubowski/AP Photo Attorneys for Tina Peters, a former Colorado county clerk convicted of state-level election interference, are asking a Colorado court to free her after President Donald Trump pardoned her. In a motion filed Dec. 23, Peters’s lawyers
Attorney General Pam Bondi at a press conference in Washington on Dec. 4, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The Justice Department said on Dec. 24 that it has uncovered more than 1 million additional documents potentially related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s case. “The [Justice Department] has received these documents from [the U.S. Attorney
European Union flags flutter outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels on July 16, 2025. Yves Herman/Reuters European leaders expressed outrage on Tuesday and Wednesday after the U.S. State Department designated five European nationals—including former European Commissioner Thierry Breton—as anti-free speech activists to be blocked from entering the United States. On Dec. 23, U.S. Secretary