A gavel sits on a desk before the a meeting of the House Justice and Human Rights Committee in Ottawa on Feb. 13, 2019. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld A federal judge in Washington has stopped the Trump administration’s effort to revoke the security clearance of attorney Mark Zaid, determining that a presidential memorandum against him
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Erika Kirk speaks at Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest in Phoenix on Dec. 20, 2025. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times PHOENIX—A wild and bright spectacle. A marketplace of ideas, not to mention right-branded products. An arena of pundit-on-pundit conflict over Israel and other issues, waged for the era of X threads and Instagram reels. A gathering of