Federal Court Upholds California’s Redrawn Maps Favoring Democrats

The California Capitol in Sacramento on March 16, 2025. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times A three-judge panel on a federal district court on Jan. 14 rejected a Republican bid to overturn California’s redistricted maps, upholding the results of the Proposition 50 referendum. In a 2–1 decision, the panel in the U.S. District Court for the Central

Trump Calls USMCA Trade Deal ‘Irrelevant’ as Carney Courts Beijing

U.S. President Donald Trump, alongside L/R Ford executive chairman Bill Fordand Ford CEO Jim Farley, tours Ford Motor Company’s River Rouge complex in Dearborn, Michigan, on Jan. 13, 2026. Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP via Getty Images News Analysis U.S. President Donald Trump struck a familiar note this week by dismissing the importance of

House passes 2-bill funding package ahead of shutdown deadline

Washington — The House passed the latest bipartisan funding package Wednesday, moving one step closer to fully funding the government through September.  Congress is rushing to beat a Jan. 30 deadline to pass the annual appropriations bills to avoid another government shutdown.  Top lawmakers on the Senate and House appropriations committees released a two-bill package

How ICE Was Targeted in Minneapolis for Weeks Before Fatal Shooting

MINNEAPOLIS—Activists in Minneapolis are continuing to organize efforts to impede immigration enforcement as the Trump administration surges more agents to the Twin Cities. Local efforts to disrupt the work of immigration officers in the area began weeks before a deadly shooting brought Minneapolis into the national spotlight on Jan. 7. An Immigration and Customs Enforcement