Appeals Court Probes Whether Judge Boasberg Exceeded His Authority

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James Boasberg, chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, at an event in Washington on April 2, 2025. Drew Angerer/AFP via Getty Images A federal appeals court has halted U.S. District Judge James Boasberg’s pursuit of potential contempt for the Trump administration and signaled it would look into whether the

Trump Says He Spoke With Xi About Releasing Jimmy Lai

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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

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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

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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