POLITICS

5 Things to Know About Trump Admin’s Settlement With Columbia University

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Demonstrators take part in a pro-Palestinian protest at Butler Library on the campus of Columbia University in New York on May 7, 2025. Ryan Murphy/Reuters Under the agreement reached between President Donald Trump and Columbia University regarding campus anti-Semitism, the Ivy League school will pay a $200 million fine to regain its eligibility for future

Postal Service to celebrate 250th anniversary amid Trump threats to privatize

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The U.S. Postal Service is celebrating its 250th anniversary this weekend, and you won’t have to check your mailbox for the invite.  The agency’s semiquincentennial will be marked by an event at the Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, two and a half centuries since its founding. Two newly announced commemorative stamps

Appeals Court Allows Trump to Fire Credit Union Regulators for Now

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Todd Harper, then-chairman of the National Credit Union Administration, testifies before the House Financial Services Committee in Washington on Nov. 15, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times A federal appeals court late on July 25 temporarily paused a lower court ruling preventing President Donald Trump from firing two of the three members of a financial regulator’s

Newsom Plans to Redistrict California in ‘Tit for Tat’ Response to Texas

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom holds a news conference at Downey Memorial Christian Church in Downey, Calif., on July 16, 2025. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images Gov. Gavin Newsom vowed to redraw California’s congressional seats to elect more Democrats if Texas decides to move ahead with redistricting that would favor Republicans, he announced July 25.

Judge Dismisses Trump Admin’s Lawsuit Against Illinois Sanctuary Policies

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detain an illegal immigrant near Washington in May 2025. Courtesy of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement A federal judge dismissed on July 25 the Trump administration’s lawsuit over Illinois’s sanctuary policies, holding that the policies either didn’t violate federal law or were protected by state sovereignty. Filed in February, the