Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent testifies before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on Capitol Hill in Washington on Feb. 5, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times President Donald Trump’s 15 percent global tariff will take effect sometime this week, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said. Following the Supreme Court’s rebuke of the president’s signature
Snow falls outside of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington on March 2, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The wife of U.S. Rep. Jim Baird (R-Ind.) has passed away due to complications from injuries she sustained in a car accident earlier this year, the Indiana Republican’s office announced Sunday. Danise Baird died after the accident,
An early voting polling site at East Carolina University as North Carolina begins its midterm primary elections, in Greenville, N.C., on Feb. 12, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times On March 3, voters went to the polls for the first primary elections of the 2026 midterm election cycle. The elections in Texas and North Carolina had
Texas State Rep. James Talarico rallies in Round Rock, Texas, on March 3, 2026. Nathan Worcester/The Epoch Times DALLAS—Texas State Rep. James Talarico has defeated Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) in a nationally watched contest for the Democratic Senate nomination. The Associated Press declared Talarico the victor at 2:37 a.m. ET on March 4. Polls closed
WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 26: Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) speaks during a press conference on Capitol Hill on June 26, 2024 in Washington, DC. Republicans in the House are attempting to hold Attorney General Derrick Garland in contempt of Congress after he advised that President Biden assert Executive Privilege over the audio and video records
Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) gives an interview in Laredo, Texas, on Oct. 9, 2019. Veronica Cardenas/Reuters Democratic incumbent Rep. Henry Cuellar will face Republican Webb County Judge Tano Tijerina in the midterm battle for Texas’ 28th Congressional District after winning their respective primaries in a district that Republicans hope to flip. With 87 percent reporting,
Campaign signs outside the Marylyn E. Burns Elementary School in Brownsville, Texas, on Nov. 8, 2022. Darlene McCormick Sanchez/The Epoch Times Trump-endorsed candidate Eric Flores defeated former Rep. Mayra Flores in Texas Congressional District 34. Flores will face off against incumbent Democratic Rep. Vicente Gonzalez in the redrawn district. Despite facing nine other Republicans taking