China has regressed with respect to rule of law, according to the Congressional-Executive Commission on China’s (CECC) 2025 annual report, released Dec. 10, which highlights the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) long history of breaking promises. The commission was created in 2000 to monitor human rights and rule of law in China. “Broken promises are not
A man who federal authorities identified as Lawrence Reed holds a flaming bottle and approaches a passenger on a Chicago Blue Line train on Nov. 17, 2025, in a still from video. Chicago Transit Authority/U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois via AP The Federal Transit Authority has threatened to withdraw funding for Chicago’s public
President Donald Trump will sign an executive order this week that aims to preempt states from establishing their own regulations on artificial intelligence (AI) companies in favor of a single federal “rulebook” on the rapidly growing technology, even as major figures in his own party have called for leaving that power to all 50 states.
President Trump speaks to an audience at the Mount Airy Casino and Resort in Mount Pocono, Pa., on Dec. 9, 2025. Travis Gillmore/The Epoch Times MOUNT POCONO, Penn.—President Donald Trump told an energetic crowd packed with thousands of supporters on Dec. 9 that his administration’s policies are lowering the cost of living across the country.
Miami’s Dinner Key City Hall building opens to voters for the last day of the runoff mayoral election between Eileen Higgins and Emilio Gonzalez on Dec. 9, 2025. T.J. Muscaro/The Epoch Times MIAMI—Eileen Higgins was elected Maimi’s next mayor on Dec. 9. The decision came in less than 30 minutes after the polls closed. The
U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) walks through the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, on June 16, 2025. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Lawmakers announced on Dec. 9 three new bipartisan bills to address online violence and sexual abuse as part of a government push to crack down on child exploitation. Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Dick Durbin
Frederick Haynes, who calls Crockett ‘the baddest sister out there,’ announced campaign for Texas’s 30th district AUSTIN, TEXAS – JULY 31: Frederick Haynes speaks during The Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival on the steps of the Texas State Capitol on July 31, 2021 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Rick Kern/Getty Images