South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster holds up a copy of the U.S. Constitution while speaking in Columbia, S.C., on Aug. 5, 2023. Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster on May 14 issued an executive order calling on lawmakers to convene for a special session beginning the next day. “I have issued an
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Director Rob Cekada testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 12, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times Robert Cekada, the newly confirmed director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), wants to refocus the agency’s efforts on fighting violent crime rather than regulating legal gun
The Boeing logo is displayed outside of company offices near Los Angeles International Airport in El Segundo, Calif., on Jan. 18, 2024. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images China has agreed to purchase 200 Boeing aircraft, according to President Donald Trump, in what would represent a major commercial order for the U.S. aerospace company. Trump
The Boeing logo is displayed outside of company offices near Los Angeles International Airport in El Segundo, Calif., on Jan. 18, 2024. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images President Donald Trump said on May 14 that China has agreed to buy soybeans, oil, and Boeing jets from the United States following his meeting with Chinese
Dana Williamson (C), a former top aide to California Gov. Gavin Newsom, leaves the courthouse in Sacramento, Calif., on Nov. 12, 2025. Sophie Austin/AP Photo California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s former chief of staff pleaded guilty on May 14 in a federal public corruption case after taking a plea deal earlier this week. Political consultant Dana
Under Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Security and Administrator National Nuclear Security Administration Brandon M. Williams testifies before a Senate Committee on Armed Services Committee hearing to examine the 2027 budget for the Department of Energy and National Nuclear Security Administration on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on May 13, 2026. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty
WASHINGTON—As U.S. and China delegations convene in Beijing, a bipartisan panel of lawmakers is casting a spotlight on the regime’s forced organ harvesting, saying it’s past time to put the abuse to an end. Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.), co-chair of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, opened a May 14 congressional hearing by recalling a hot