Election officials assist voters in casting their ballot in the primary vote at Bruns Avenue Elementary School, Mecklenburg County Precinct 12, in Charlotte, N.C. , on March 3, 2026. Grant Baldwin/Getty Images Attorneys general from a dozen states on April 20 asked to intervene in two lawsuits that oppose President Donald Trump’s executive order on
The U.S. Capitol building in Washington on April 13, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times Senate Republicans on Tuesday agreed to move forward on a blueprint for a party-line budget resolution to fund the Department of Homeland Security’s immigration enforcement functions. In a 52–46 vote, the Senate approved moving forward the measure put forward by Senate
A voter at a polling site during the redistricting referendum in Alexandria, Va., on April 21, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times ALEXANDRIA, Va.—Virginian voters approved a constitutional amendment on April 21 that would redraw the commonwealth’s congressional map, giving Democrats an advantage. The Associated Press called the special election for the “Yes” vote at around
Marek Studzinski/Unsplash.com President Donald Trump has long questioned the post-Cold War purpose of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, criticizing the alliance as a “paper tiger” dependent on American money, munitions, and muscle, and calling for a “very serious examining” of its value to the United States after none of its other 31 members responded to
President Donald Trump speaks to the press during an event outside the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on April 13, 2026. Win McNamee/Getty Images WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump read passages from the Bible on April 21 from the Oval Office at the White House as part of the “America Reads the Bible” celebration.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche (L) speaks alongside FBI Director Kash Patel during a news conference at the at the Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice building in Washington on April 21, 2026. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images The Southern Poverty Law Center was indicted on federal fraud charges that accused it of illegally raising millions of
James Earle Fraser’s bronze statue of Alexander Hamilton on the south side of the Treasury Building in Washington. Public Domain The U.S. Treasury Department on April 21 announced that it is imposing sanctions on 14 targets “for their involvement in helping the Iranian regime obtain weapons,” in contravention of international sanctions. “As the regime attempts