The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) website is displayed on a phone, in this photo illustration. Oleksii Pydsosonnii/The Epoch Times The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) said federal agencies terminated or scaled back 14 additional contracts over the past two days, cutting nearly $98 million in spending in a Christmas Eve update that described the
Erika Kirk speaks at Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest in Phoenix on Dec. 20, 2025. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times PHOENIX—A wild and bright spectacle. A marketplace of ideas, not to mention right-branded products. An arena of pundit-on-pundit conflict over Israel and other issues, waged for the era of X threads and Instagram reels. A gathering of
Mesa County, Colo., clerk Tina Peters at a rally in Denver, Colo., on April 5, 2022. David Zalubowski/AP Photo Attorneys for Tina Peters, a former Colorado county clerk convicted of state-level election interference, are asking a Colorado court to free her after President Donald Trump pardoned her. In a motion filed Dec. 23, Peters’s lawyers
Attorney General Pam Bondi at a press conference in Washington on Dec. 4, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The Justice Department said on Dec. 24 that it has uncovered more than 1 million additional documents potentially related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s case. “The [Justice Department] has received these documents from [the U.S. Attorney
European Union flags flutter outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels on July 16, 2025. Yves Herman/Reuters European leaders expressed outrage on Tuesday and Wednesday after the U.S. State Department designated five European nationals—including former European Commissioner Thierry Breton—as anti-free speech activists to be blocked from entering the United States. On Dec. 23, U.S. Secretary
Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-Wyo.) speaks about federalizing policing in cities at the House Triangle on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 2, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-Wyo.) is running for the Wyoming Senate seat being vacated by Republican Sen. Cynthia Lummis, who is retiring after her current term. “This fight is
Traffic in Sacramento, Calif., on Nov. 2, 2025. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy has announced almost $1 billion in funding to “make roads safer for American families,” the Department of Transportation (DOT) said in a Dec. 23 statement. “This investment will support projects that improve intersection safety, build roundabouts, upgrade sidewalks,