DC Locals Have Mixed Reactions to Trump’s Police Takeover

U.S. Capitol Police Officers patrol the East Front plaza of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, DC. on March 07, 2024. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images WASHINGTON—Residents of the nation’s capital showed various reactions to President Donald Trump’s plan to federalize the local police force. Early on Aug. 11, Trump announced that he would take control of

Appalachian Democrats, Independents Seek New Direction

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) addresses an audience at the Fighting Oligarchy Tour in Asheville, N.C., on Aug. 10, 2025 Lawrence Wilson/The Epoch Times ASHEVILLE, N.C.—Left-leaning voters in the western parts of North Carolina and West Virginia rallied to Sen. Bernie Sanders’s (I-Vt.) “Fighting Oligarchy Tour” Aug. 8–10, with many looking for change and effective leadership.

General testifies he didn’t hear L.A. protests described as “rebellion”

Three officials involved in President Trump’s controversial deployment of National Guard troops to respond to protests in Los Angeles testified Monday as the trial in California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s lawsuit against the Trump administration began. The question at issue is whether the military forces sent in by Mr. Trump — including members of the Marine