The Justice Department’s investigation of a $2.5 billion renovation project at the Federal Reserve didn’t find any evidence of a crime, a federal prosecutor privately conceded under questioning by a skeptical judge earlier this month, according to a transcript of the sealed hearing. That admission by Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew Massucco came during a March
A sign for the University of Southern California at a campus entrance in Los Angeles on April 16, 2024. Damian Dovarganes/AP Photo The University of Southern California canceled a California gubernatorial debate planned for Tuesday night after rebutting accusations of racial discrimination made by candidates of color. Republicans Steve Hilton and Chad Bianco, and Democrats
Facebook app icon is seen on a smartphone in this illustration taken on Oct. 27, 2025. Dado Ruvic/Reuters The New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA) on Tuesday came to a settlement with the federal government that prohibits agencies from requesting social media companies to suppress constitutionally-protected speech, as in the case of the Biden administration’s “whole
House lawmakers say adding their bipartisan banking bills to the crypto legislation is not enough to get them to swallow a Senate-approved housing affordability package.
CPAC senior fellow Mercedes Schlapp and Vice President JD Vance speak during CPAC in Oxon Hill, Md., on Feb. 20, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times This year’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), kicking off in the Dallas area on Wednesday, aims to unify conservatives and build midterm momentum. The Texas event’s Freedom First theme, aimed
Early this week, Senate Republicans and the president appeared to be edging closer to a framework to ending the Department of Homeland Security shutdown, which is now in its second month — but a breakthrough has remained out of reach. CBS News contacted all 532 House and Senate offices (there are three House vacancies) about
Florida state Rep.-elect Emily Gregory in North Palm Beach, Fla., on March 24, 2026, in a still from video. CNN/The Epoch Times Democrat Emily Gregory flipped a Republican-held Florida House seat in a March 24 special election in a district that includes President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home in Palm Beach. Gregory, a South Florida native