Attorney General Pam Bondi (L), Vice President JD Vance (2nd L), Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth (2nd R) and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem (R) look on as President Donald Trump (C) speaks to the press before signing an executive order that aims to end cashless bail, in the Oval Office of the White House,
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the press after signing an executive order that aims to end cashless bail, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Aug. 25, 2025. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images The Trump administration has lost its unusual lawsuit against a federal court in Maryland that set up
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 The Department of Defense (DOD) is weighing taking equity stakes in defense contractors such as Lockheed Martin and others, Commerce Secretary
The Utah Capitol in Salt Lake City on March 1, 2024. Rick Bowmer/AP A Utah judge ruled on Aug. 25 that the state Legislature must redraw its congressional maps, saying that the repeal of a 2018 voter-approved ballot initiative was unconstitutional. The ruling stemmed from a 2022 lawsuit filed by voting rights groups seeking to
House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) presides over a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 5, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) on Monday sent a subpoena to the estate of sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein for documents and communications that it may have in its
The Lavender Pit at Copper Queen Mine, which opened in 1877 and was run by the Phelps Dodge Corporation from 1879-1975, in Bisbee, Ariz., on July 24, 2020. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images The United States Department of Interior is proposing to add six “mineral commodities” to the list of critical minerals as part
President Donald Trump during the signing of executive orders in the Oval Office on Aug. 25, 2025. Jonathan Ernst/Reuters President Donald Trump on Aug. 25 threatened to restrict U.S. chip exports and impose additional tariffs on imports from countries that refused to eliminate digital taxes. In a Truth Social post, Trump opposed digital taxes and