The U.S. Capitol building in Washington on Dec. 21, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times A former congressional employee has been arrested and indicted for allegedly stealing 240 cell phones. Christopher Southerland, 43, was apprehended and charged on Jan. 9 for allegedly stealing the government cell phones, worth more than $150,000, from the House of Representatives,
Protesters demonstrate against Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in Minneapolis on Jan. 10, 2026. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times The state of Minnesota on Jan. 12 sued the federal government over its recent surge of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to the Twin Cities, arguing that the surge is “unconstitutional and unlawful.” Illinois unveiled a lawsuit
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth is in Brownsville and Fort Worth, Texas, on Jan. 12 to visit SpaceX Starbase alongside Elon Musk and Lockheed Martin facilities to deliver major remarks on the defense industrial base and administering the oath of enlistment. Original News Source Link – Epoch TimesRunning For Office? Conservative Campaign Consulting – Election
President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with US oil companies executives in the East Room of the White House on Jan. 9, 2026. SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images President Donald Trump announced on Jan. 12 that countries trading with Iran will face a 25 percent tariff. The announcement comes as the Islamic
U.S. Navy Landing Craft Air Cushions unload equipment onto the beach as U.S. Marine Corps V-22 Ospreys and CH-53 Super Stallions fly overhead during the America’s Marines 250 event at Camp Pendleton’s Red Beach in Oceanside, Calif., on Oct. 18, 2025. Mario Tama/Getty Images War Secretary Pete Hegseth on Jan. 12 said President Donald Trump’s
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) gives a speech at the National Press Club in Washington on Jan. 12, 2026. Jackson Richman/The Epoch Times WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) discussed affordability and interest rates in a call on Monday following the senator’s wide-ranging address that morning about economic stances within the Democratic Party. “After
Communist thugs lash out after humiliation in Venezuela The American raid to capture Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro was deeply embarrassing for Red China. The third-world communist thugs had provided much of the military equipment designed to protect Maduro’s regime from foreign intervention. It proved utterly useless against U.S. forces, who snatched Maduro just hours after