California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs legislation calling for a special election on a redrawn congressional map, in Sacramento, Calif., on Aug. 21, 2025. Godofredo A. Vásquez/AP Photo California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Aug. 21 signed a legislative package to put a measure on the Nov. 4 ballot that would redraw the state’s congressional map to
President Donald Trump at the White House on Aug. 18, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times President Donald Trump has scored a significant win, with a New York appeals court throwing out the half-a-billion-dollar penalty he received in his business fraud case. The decision on Aug. 21 was issued after a hearing last year in which
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick testifies before a House Appropriations Committee hearing on U.S. President Donald Trump’s budget request for the Department of Commerce, on Capitol Hill, on June 5, 2025. Leah Millis /Reuters Shares of major semiconductor companies fell sharply on Aug. 20 following reports that the Trump administration is considering taking equity
A resident drops off a vote-by-mail ballot in a drop box in Chicago on Oct. 2, 2020. Scott Olson/Getty Images President Donald Trump wants to make mail-in ballots and electronic voting machines a thing of the past, calling for these voting methods to be replaced with paper ballots. “Mail-in ballots are corrupt,” Trump told reporters
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents detain an man after a court hearing at the Connecticut Supreme Court in Stamford, Connecticut, on July 3, 2025. John Moore/Getty Images President Donald Trump’s administration has sued multiple states and localities for allegedly violating the Constitution by hindering federal immigration enforcement. These areas, known as sanctuary jurisdictions, have
A man walks past a money exchange house with exchange rates in Mexico City on April 7, 2025. While the US dollar rebounded after sharp losses last week, stock markets and oil prices around the world collapsed further on a black Monday for markets as US President Donald Trump stood firm over his tariffs despite
A Cambodian Buddhist monk holds a portrait of U.S. President Donald Trump as he takes part in a march for peace following a border conflict with Thailand in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Aug. 10, 2025. Tang Chhin Sothy/AFP President Donald Trump has received the support of 70,000 Cambodian Buddhist monks for recognition by the Nobel