Graham Platner in Belfast, Maine, on June 6, 2026, just days ahead of the state’s June 9 primary. Nathan Worcester/The Epoch Times BELFAST, Maine—The streets of downtown Belfast were charged with energy: politics was working its way through the public square. On one corner, older men and women held LGBT rainbow flags. The June 6
Texas Senate candidate James Talarico (D.) earned tens of thousands of dollars working as an “equitable education” consultant for a firm that develops DEI plans for public schools in Texas. The firm, MAYA Consulting, described its work as “rooted in our diversity, equity, and inclusion philosophy” and donated to a group working to defund the
Even as inflation rises, some insist the Democratic agenda should put other fundamentals front and center.
A view of a bus shelter at Pennsylvania Avenue and 22nd Street NW where an electronic billboard and a poster display the current U.S. National debt per person and as a nation at $38 trillion in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 28, 2025. Jemal Countess/Getty Images for the Peter G. Peterson Foundation The U.S. budget deficit
The president is seeking to kick-start a legislative effort just starting to take shape on Capitol Hill.
The Department of Justice in Washington on March 11, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times A federal judge on Wednesday declined to temporarily block President Donald Trump’s proposed $1.8 billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund,” saying the request was moot because the Justice Department said it is no longer moving forward with the fund. U.S. District Judge Richard Leon
President Trump on Wednesday endorsed a third $350 billion reconciliation bill, urging Congress to “IMMEDIATELY” pass it with the Save America Act included. “I am hereby calling on Republicans in Congress to IMMEDIATELY advance and pass the forthcoming $350 Billion Reconciliation Bill (Recon 3.0) — which, at the request of our Great Department of War…