President Trump speaks to an audience at the Mount Airy Casino and Resort in Mount Pocono, Pa., on Dec. 9, 2025. Travis Gillmore/The Epoch Times MOUNT POCONO, Penn.—President Donald Trump told an energetic crowd packed with thousands of supporters on Dec. 9 that his administration’s policies are lowering the cost of living across the country.
Miami’s Dinner Key City Hall building opens to voters for the last day of the runoff mayoral election between Eileen Higgins and Emilio Gonzalez on Dec. 9, 2025. T.J. Muscaro/The Epoch Times MIAMI—Eileen Higgins was elected Maimi’s next mayor on Dec. 9. The decision came in less than 30 minutes after the polls closed. The
U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) walks through the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, on June 16, 2025. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Lawmakers announced on Dec. 9 three new bipartisan bills to address online violence and sexual abuse as part of a government push to crack down on child exploitation. Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Dick Durbin
U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright visits the Idaho National Laboratory on Dec. 8, 2025. Idaho National Laboratory The U.S military is developing a small-scale pilot refinery in Idaho to domestically process a critical mineral needed for national security as efforts to break China’s hold on the critical minerals market expand. Plans for the test refinery
WASHINGTON—Robert Kiyosaki, coauthor of one of the bestselling finance books of all time, “Rich Dad Poor Dad,” has empowered millions of people to think like the rich and take control of their personal finances. Now he’s sounding the alarm on what he says are hidden communist methods that are capturing the nation’s financial systems and
ChatGPT app icon on a smartphone screen in Chicago on Aug. 4, 2025. AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File House Democratic leaders are forming a new commission to shape their approach to artificial intelligence (AI) and the broader innovation economy, saying Congress must both foster U.S. leadership in AI and guard against potential harms. House Democratic Leader
U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth speaks during the Reagan National Defense Forum at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif., on Dec. 6, 2025. Reuters/Jonathan Alcorn The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has temporarily halted a lower court’s decision to halt the Trump administration’s ban on troops with gender