The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) website is displayed on a phone, in this photo illustration. Oleksii Pydsosonnii/The Epoch Times Over the past three days, federal agencies have terminated and descoped 55 “wasteful” contracts with a ceiling value of $1.6 billion, resulting in savings of $542 million, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) said in
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks to the media after a telephone call with U.S. President Donald Trump, at her official residence in Tokyo on Nov. 25, 2025. Issei Kato/Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump has invited Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to visit the United States this spring, as the two agree to deepen bilateral
The Trump administration kicked off 2026 by gearing up to regulate dozens of ways that phthalate chemicals are used in America. Phthalates are common chemicals used to make plastics more flexible, but they pose risks that have health experts sounding the alarm. We had a problem loading this article. Please enable javascript or use a
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in the White House Oval Office in Washington on April 9, 2025. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images While much national attention in the 2026 midterms will be on the top prize—control of Congress—a series of gubernatorial races will also be held across the country. In the House—and increasingly the Senate—Democrats have seen favorable
President Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., on Dec. 22, 2025. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump issued an order Friday canceling HieFo Corporation’s acquisition of chips and wafer fabrication assets from Emcore Corp. in 2024, citing national security concerns. The order prohibits Delaware-based HieFo, controlled by a Chinese citizen, from
A heavy-lift cargo drone operates at Orsted’s Borssele 1 and 2 offshore wind farm in Zeeland, Netherlands, Aug. 6, 2024. Nicolas Maeterlinck/BELGA via AFP Danish energy company Orsted has taken legal action to block the Trump administration’s suspension of offshore wind construction, challenging a federal order that halted work on five major projects over national
An election official in Minnesota in a file photograph. Stephen Maturen/Getty Images The Department of Justice’s (DOJ) civil rights division demanded voter registration records from Minnesota on Jan. 2, saying the state’s law that allows people to “vouch” for others on voter registration appeared inconsistent with federal voting laws. According to Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon,