Trump Says He Spoke With Xi About Releasing Jimmy Lai

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a Mexican Border Defense Medal presentation in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Dec. 15, 2025. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images President Donald Trump said on Dec. 15 that he has spoken to Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping about releasing Hong Kong pro-democracy

Supreme Court Vacates Appeals Court Ruling Over Race-Based USDA Program

The Supreme Court building in Washington on Nov. 10, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The Supreme Court on Dec. 15 ordered a federal appeals court to reconsider its ruling denying attorney’s fees to a white man who succeeded in blocking a Biden-era debt-relief program he alleged was racially discriminatory. The court’s decision in Holman v.

Second Highest Ranking House Democrat Faces Primary Challenger

House Assistant Speaker Rep. Katherine Clark (D-Mass.) speaks during a rally in Washington on Nov. 16, 2021. Jemal Countess/Getty Images for SEIU Jonathan Paz, a former city councilor for Waltham, Massachusetts, and founder of Fuerza, a group that supports illegal immigrants during Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations, announced he is running in the Democratic