| December 30, 2025Updated:December 30, 2025 President Donald Trump was voted the Global Newsmaker of the Year in a survey of 8,245 Epoch Times readers. Ninety-five percent of respondents ranked the 47th president as their top choice from a list of 10 global newsmakers. The survey was conducted between Dec. 18 and Dec. 21. We
Illegal immigrants from Mexico and Guatemala are apprehended by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol officers after crossing into the United States, in Ruby, Arizona, on Jan. 4, 2025. Brandon Bell/Getty Images The United States will soon be able to deny asylum claims from illegal immigrants who cross the border during certain public health emergencies if
A file image of voters filling out their ballots as others wait for an open space at a booth in Des Moines, Iowa, on Nov. 6, 2018. Joshua Lott/Getty Images Voters in Iowa State Senate District 16 go to the polls Tuesday for a special election that has major political stakes, with a Republican supermajority
A U.S. flag and an H-1B visa application form, in this illustration on Sept. 22, 2025. Dado Ruvic/Illustration/Reuters The U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Dec. 29 appealed a federal judge’s ruling upholding the Trump administration’s decision to increase the fee for H-1B visas for employees in specialty occupations to $100,000. Washington-based U.S. District Judge Beryl
President Donald Trump shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a press conference at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Fla., on Dec. 29, 2025. Joe Raedle/Getty Images President Donald Trump said on Dec. 29 that he’s not 100 percent in agreement with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu on how to handle tensions in
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Gateway Center in Bethesda, Md., on June 8, 2025. Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters The Trump administration has come to an agreement with researchers and Democratic-led states to review National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant applications that were paused amid a policy aimed at cutting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, according
A sign in support of Medicaid rests in a walking device on the steps of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, on April 27, 2025. Bryan Dozier/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images A federal judge has allowed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to obtain basic Medicaid data on illegal immigrants as part of its enforcement operations.