An oil refinery displays an American flag in Wilmington, Calif., on Sept. 21, 2022. Allison Dinner/Getty Images LOS ANGELES—California legislators on Wednesday considered a plan that would dramatically loosen restrictions on drilling and refining oil in the state, as it scrambles to reconcile ambitious climate goals with the sobering reality of continuing demand for conventional
President Donald Trump speaks during a press briefing at the White House in Washington on Aug. 11, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times President Donald Trump announced four nominees to fill long-standing federal trial court vacancies in North Carolina, tapping prosecutors, a magistrate judge, and a private practitioner for the state’s two district courts. Trump nominated
In this episode of NTD’s “Profiles of Service,” we sit down with Congressman Andy Biggs, who has represented Arizona’s 5th District since 2017. A constitutional conservative and former attorney, Biggs reflects on his unexpected path into politics, the mentors who guided him, and what it means to take difficult votes. “I found p… Original News
Lisa Cook, member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve, attends a Federal Reserve Board open meeting discussing proposed revisions to the board’s supplementary leverage ratio standards at the Federal Reserve Board building in Washington on June 25, 2025. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images President Donald Trump stated on Aug. 22 that he
Cars are parked outside the Texas Capitol building, amid a redistricting battle between Republican and Democratic state lawmakers, in Austin, Texas, on Aug. 20, 2025. Reuters/Sergio Flores The Texas Senate on Aug. 23 passed a bill that will redraw Texas’s congressional maps and increase Republicans’ hold on the state’s U.S. House delegation by as many
Cars are parked outside the Texas Capitol building, amid a redistricting battle between Republican and Democratic state lawmakers, in Austin, Texas, on Aug. 20, 2025. Reuters/Sergio Flores The Texas Senate on Aug. 23 passed a bill that will redraw Texas’s congressional maps and increase Republicans’ hold on the state’s U.S. House delegation by as many
Mobile phones are locked into ‘Yondr’ pouches before people enter an exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum on Nov. 22, 2019, in New York City. Yondr creates phone-free spaces for artists, educators, organizations and individuals. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images The majority of U.S. K-12 students have already returned to the classroom or will soon do