California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks at a press conference, accompanied by Texas Democratic legislators, at the governor’s mansion in Sacramento, Calif., on Aug. 8, 2025. Reuters/Carlos Barria Democrats and allied advocacy groups are set to launch a series of protests on Saturday, Aug. 16, targeting Republican-led redistricting plans they say are designed to secure long-term
A hiring ad displayed at a coffee shop in Kerrville, Texas, on July 9, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The number of individuals filing new applications for unemployment benefits ticked lower last week as businesses remain reluctant to lay off their workers. For the week ending Aug. 9, initial jobless claims fell by 3,000 to
(Left) U.S. President Donald Trump talks to the media before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, on June 15, 2025. (Right) Russian President Vladimir Putin gives an interview at the Kremlin in Moscow, on March 12, 2024. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images; Gavriil Grigorov/AFP via Getty Images Russian President Vladimir Putin on
Workers assemble watches at a factory in Detroit, Mich., on Jan. 4, 2017. Jeff Kowalsky/AFP via Getty Images A key pipeline inflation indicator unexpectedly increased in July, driven mainly by an increase in wholesale services. According to data released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics on Aug. 14, the producer price index (PPI) increased
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in the Oval Office at the White House on July 14, 2025. Nathan Howard/Reuters U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Aug. 13 revoked or restricted visas for some Brazilian, Caribbean, and African officials over their alleged involvement with a Cuban program that sends doctors abroad. Rubio said in
The Artemis I Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft, atop the mobile launcher at Launch Complex 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 14, 2022. Cory Huston/NASA via AP President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Aug. 13 to ease regulations for the commercial space industry and enhance “American greatness in
Workers from PG&E work on repairing and restoring power lines in Altadena, Calif., on Jan. 13, 2025. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images President Donald Trump has named David Rosner as chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the agency announced on Wednesday. Rosner was already serving as interim chair at the federal energy