People stand in line to vote at Joslyn Park vote center in Santa Monica, Calif., on Nov. 5, 2024. Apu Gomes/Getty Images On Nov. 4, Californians will go to the polls to vote in a referendum over whether to authorize replacing the state’s current congressional map with one designed to favor Democrats—a decision usually made
U.S. President Donald Trump holds up a chart of reciprocal tariffs while speaking during a “Make America Wealthy Again” trade announcement event in the Rose Garden at the White House on April 2, 2025. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump will welcome South Korea’s newly elected president, Lee Jae Myung, to the White House on
(Left) U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Aug. 18, 2025. (Right) South Korean President Lee Jae Myung attends a news conference in Seoul, South Korea, on July 3, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times, Kim Min-Hee/POOL/AFP via Getty Images WASHINGTON—U.S. President Donald Trump welcomed South Korea’s newly elected president, Lee Jae Myung, to
A voter sits at a poll kiosk at a Mississippi Second Congressional District Primary election precinct, in Jackson, Miss., on June 7, 2022. Rogelio V. Solis/AP Photo A federal judge ordered Mississippi to revise an electoral map used in voting for state supreme court justices after determining that it violates the federal Voting Rights Act.
Members of the National Guard patrol the 14 Street restaurant and nightlife area in Washington on Aug. 22, 2025. Andrew Leyden/Getty Images President Donald Trump suggested that he’s contemplating sending National Guard troops to the city of Baltimore, Maryland, to fight what he described as a “crime disaster” in the city. “If [Maryland Gov.] Wes
Vice President JD Vance speaks to supporters of President Donald Trump at an event in Peachtree City, Ga., on Aug. 21, 2025. Megan Varner/Getty Images Vice President JD Vance on Sunday said that Moscow has made “significant concessions” toward reaching a peace deal to end the more than three-year-long conflict between Russia and Ukraine. In
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks during a news conference in the State Capitol in Austin on Aug. 15, 2025. Brandon Bell/Getty Images Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Aug. 23 celebrated the state Legislature’s passage of a new congressional map drawn to favor Republicans, and vowed to quickly sign it into law. The Republican-majority Texas Senate