State Department Says It’s Denying Visas to Palestinian Officials Ahead of UN General Assembly

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington on May 21, 2025. John McDonnell/Getty Images The Department of State denied visas to Palestinian leaders to attend the U.N. General Assembly in New York City next month and will revoke visas that were previously granted to those individuals. A statement

Google Rebuffs FTC Complaint Regarding ‘Partisan’ Gmail Spam Filters

Google headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., on July 31, 2025. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times Google has denied the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) recent allegations of the tech company’s partisan administration of its Gmail service in favor of Democratic emails over Republican content. On Aug. 28, FTC Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson wrote a letter to Google

Newsom Deploys State Police for Crime Crackdown in California Cities

California Governor Gavin Newsom holds a bill signing event related to redrawing the state’s congressional maps on August 21, 2025 in Sacramento, California. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on Aug. 28 that new California Highway Patrol (CHP) crime suppression teams will be deployed in major cities across the state, expanding a program