A federal appeals court upheld an Oklahoma law prohibiting gender transition treatment for minors, relying on a Supreme Court decision on a similar law in Tennessee.
Former Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan said he is considering a run for higher office as a Democrat after announcing he was leaving the Republican Party.
President Trump criticized Geoff Duncan, expelled Republican and former Lt. Gov. of Georgia, after the once GOP leader announced he is joining the Democratic Party.
The air traffic control tower at Los Angeles International Airport on July 1, 2025. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Aug. 7 unveiled updated plans to hire thousands of air traffic controllers by the end of the year, and nearly 9,000 by 2028, as the agency looks to dig itself out
Texas Rep. Gene Wu speaks in front of Democratic members of Congress and Texas House Democrats during a news conference, after they left their state to deny Republicans the quorum needed to redraw the state’s 38 congressional districts, at IBEW Local Union 701 in Warrenville, Ill., on Aug. 4, 2025. Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP via Getty Images
President Donald Trump has ordered an increased federal law enforcement presence in Washington, D.C., to protect residents and visitors from a surge in violent crime.
A federal judge in Maryland ruled late Thursday that President Trump’s administration cannot withhold citizenship from children born to people in the country illegally or temporarily, issuing the fourth court decision blocking the president’s birthright citizenship order nationwide since a key U.S. Supreme Court ruling in June. U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman’s preliminary injunction