A hospital in the city of Irvine, Calif., on July 8, 2025. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times One or two health systems controlled the entire market for inpatient care in nearly half of U.S. metropolitan areas in 2024, marking a sharp intensification of hospital consolidation over the last decade. Nearly 80 percent of hospital markets in
U.S. President Donald Trump gestures after stepping off Marine One at Joint Base Andrews, Md., on April 10, 2026. Jim Watson / AFP via Getty Images President Donald Trump said the United States is preparing military options if negotiations with Iran fail to produce a deal, as delegations from both countries arrived in Pakistan to
Iowa Republican gubernatorial candidate, regenerative farmer, and entrepreneur Zach Lahn and his wife Annie are raising seven children at their Belle Plaine farm. Courtesy of the Lahn for Governor Campaign BELLE PLAINE, Iowa—Flying on a brisk morning 17,500 feet above western Iowa on the way home from a campaign stop in Sioux City, Zach Lahn
Kamala Harris, former Vice President and 2024 Presidential candidate, arrives at the National Action Network Convention in New York on April 10, 2026. Angelina Katsanis/AP Photo A parade of potential 2028 Democratic presidential candidates descended on New York City this week for the National Action Network’s (NAN) annual convention, a four-day gathering of civil rights
U.S. Vice President JD Vance, center, walks alongside Pakistan’s Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir, left, and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar upon arrival in Islamabad, Pakistan, on April 11, 2026. Jacquelyn Martin, Pool /AP Photo A U.S. delegation led by Vice President JD Vance arrived in Pakistan on April 11 for high-level talks with Iranian
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) attends a House Judiciary Committee hearing with FBI Director Kash Patel (not pictured), on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 17, 2025. Annabelle Gordon/Reuters Several Democratic politicians have pulled their endorsements of Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) and urged him to end his campaign for California governor amid sexual assault allegations. House
An artist’s rendering of President Donald Trump’s proposed “Independence Arch” in a handout obtained on April 10, 2026. U.S. Commission on Fine Arts/Handout via Reuters The Trump administration formally submitted designs Friday to the Commission of Fine Arts for a 250-foot triumphal arch planned for Memorial Circle near Arlington National Cemetery. President Donald Trump announced