Mason, Tennessee — The small West Tennessee town of Mason, just 2 square miles in size, is home to about 1,000 people. But its residents are now divided by what a new immigration detention facility will mean for the area. Shannon Whitfield has lived in Mason for 13 years. Earlier this month, Mason’s town leaders
The orders threatened to withhold federal funding from states that do not comply. Add to My List Save President Donald Trump holds up a signed executive order that aims to end cashless bail, in the Oval Office on Aug. 25, 2025. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images By Stacy Robinson | August 26, 2025Updated:August 26, 2025
Former New York governor Andrew Cuomo lost a court bid to continue a lawsuit after a $450,000 settlement with an aide who accused him of sexual harassment.
U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks alongside Education Secretary Linda McMahon as President Donald Trump holds a cabinet meeting with members of his administration in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington on Aug. 26, 2025. This is the seventh cabinet meeting of Trump’s second term. Chip
Director of the Office of Management and Budget Russ Vought testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 25, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The Trump administration has repealed 30 regulations for each new regulation, Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought announced on Aug. 26. During a Cabinet meeting, Vought noted that a
National Guard troops from seven states deployed to Washington D.C. to combat violent crime as critics warn of militarized policing slippery slope concerns.
A standoff is brewing between President Trump and economist Lisa Cook. Mr. Trump tried to fire her, claiming “there is sufficient cause” to believe that Cook made false statements on one or more mortgage agreements. Cook fired back that “President Trump has no authority to remove her” from the independent Federal Reserve and vowed to