An Iranian vessel sails in False Bay, near the Simon’s Town Naval base for naval exercises in South Africa’s waters, in Cape Town, South Africa, on Jan. 16, 2026. Esa Alexander/Reuters The United States has accused South Africa of undermining regional maritime security by allowing Iranian military participation in naval exercises held in South African
California Secretary of State Shirley Weber speaks in Los Angeles on April 15, 2024. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times A federal judge on Jan. 15 dismissed the Department of Justice’s (DOJ’s) bid to access California’s voter registration databases, ruling that the demand for voter data from California Secretary of State Shirley Weber was “unprecedented and illegal.”
A close-up shot of a SNAP EBT information sign is displayed at a gas station in Riverwoods, Ill., on Nov. 1, 2025. Nam Y. Huh/AP Photo A federal judge on Jan. 14 stopped the Trump administration from withholding $80 million in administrative costs for Minnesota’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), ruling that the U.S. Department
The information revolution poses perils for democracies and dictatorships alike Donald Trump, Xi Jinping, and Ali Khamenei (Getty Images) The nationwide protests roiling Iran demonstrate the tremendous courage of the Iranian people, who brave hailstorms of bullets to call for a new and better government. They also reveal how the sweeping changes wrought by the
A COVID-19 era stimulus package caused Obamacare enrollment to skyrocket but also increased dependency and fraud, further destabilizing the health insurance mar Add to My List Save Illustration by The Epoch Times, Getty Images By Lawrence Wilson, Sylvia Xu | January 16, 2026Updated:January 16, 2026 Congress responded to the COVID-19 pandemic by passing the American
The personnel changes at the liberal arts school come in the wake of a Free Beacon report about students performing mock sex acts in school chapel Haley Nicholas (amherst.edu), Jane Kungu (amherst.edu), Shahar Colt (Shahar Colt via Amherst Student), Scarlet Im (amherst.edu), photos of Amherst chapel simulated sex acts Amherst College appears to have laid
President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with U.S. oil company executives in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Jan. 9, 2026. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images President Donald Trump announced on Jan. 15 the formation of the Gaza Board of Peace, following the start of the second phase of a