President Donald Trump speaks alongside Secretary of State Marco Rubio (L) during a Cabinet meeting in the White House on Dec. 2, 2025. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump held a Cabinet meeting on Dec. 2 at the White House, where he defended his administration’s efforts to address the issue of affordability after
Congressman-elect Matt Van Epps (R-Tenn.) shook hands with supporters at his victory party in Nashville, Tenn., on Dec. 2, 2025. Jacki Thrapp/The Epoch Times NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Republican Matt Van Epps has won the special election for Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District seat on Dec. 2. The former state commissioner and Army helicopter pilot defeated the Democratic nominee,
Booking photo of Mohammad Dawood Alokozay, arrested after he allegedly posted a video of himself indicating he was building a bomb with an intended target in the Fort Worth area in Texas The Department of Justice has indicted an Afghan national residing in Fort Worth, Texas, for allegedly making online threats to construct an explosive
President Donald Trump speaks alongside Secretary of State Marco Rubio (L) during a Cabinet meeting in the White House on Dec. 2, 2025. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he has nullified all documents, proclamations, executive orders, memorandums, and contracts signed by autopen during President Joe Biden’s term. “Any
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday, May 6, 2025, in Miami. AP Photo/Lynne Sladky Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis plans to call lawmakers back to Tallahassee next spring to redraw the state’s congressional district map ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. “So we’re going to redistrict,” the governor told local news outlet, The Floridian. “The issue
Protesters confront National Guard soldiers and Department of Homeland Security officers in downtown Los Angeles on June 8, 2025. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images A Los Angeles man was charged with a felony Dec. 2 after he tried to firebomb a downtown federal building with several homemade explosives. Jose Francisco Jovel, 54, a U.S.
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth (C) speaks during a Cabinet meeting alongside President Donald Trump (L), Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick (2nd R) and Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy (R) in the Cabinet Room of the White House on Dec. 2, 2025. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images WASHINGTON—Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said he watched the initial