Florida Congresswoman Charged With Stealing $5 Million in FEMA Funds

Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick condemns hate speech and misinformation about Haitian immigrants during a news conference at the Capitol on Sept. 20, 2024. J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo A House Democrat from Florida and three others were charged with stealing $5 million in federal disaster funds and using the money to fund her 2021 congressional campaign, according

House Passes Bill to Rescind Senate Payout Provision

The U.S. Capitol building view from the Washington Monument in Washington, on Nov. 17, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times WASHINGTON—The U.S. House on Nov. 19 voted to rescind a provision from a recent bill to fund the federal government that would have permitted senators to receive major cash payouts from the Department of Justice (DOJ)

House Votes to Send Resolution to Censure Rep. Cory Mills Back to Committee

Representative-elect Cory Mills (R-Fla.) arrives at the Hyatt Regency in Washington on Nov. 13, 2022. Nathan Howard/Getty Images Correction: A previous version of this article misstated the outcome of the vote. The Epoch Times regrets the error. The U.S. House of Representatives voted Nov. 19 to table a resolution to censure Rep. Cory Mills (R-Fla.)

Challenging China, Graphite Production Returns to US, Revives New York Mining Town

FOWLER, N.Y.—A fierce wind is slinging sleet and forcing 30-foot hemlocks to genuflect in its gusts this gray, cold November morning, but Joel Rheault is enjoying a warm and fuzzy moment atop a dynamited blast bowl. Below, a bulldozer is churning through newly dredged soil and shoving boulders aside in an open pit burrowed into

Challenging China, Zinc Production Returns to US, Revives New York Mining Town

FOWLER, N.Y.—A fierce wind is slinging sleet and forcing 30-foot hemlocks to genuflect in its gusts this gray, cold November morning, but Joel Rheault is enjoying a warm and fuzzy moment atop a dynamited blast bowl. Below, a bulldozer is churning through newly dredged soil and shoving boulders aside in an open pit burrowed into

This NY Town Shows the Promise of Mining to Come in Battle With China

FOWLER, N.Y.—A fierce wind is slinging sleet and forcing 30-foot hemlocks to genuflect in its gusts this gray, cold November morning, but Joel Rheault is enjoying a warm and fuzzy moment atop a dynamited blast bowl. Below, a bulldozer is churning through newly dredged soil and shoving boulders aside in an open pit burrowed into

Trump Signs Bill to Release Epstein Files

President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House on Nov. 17, 2025. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump on Nov. 19 signed into law a bill to release the files surrounding the deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The Epstein Files Transparency Act—which was introduced by Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.)