Tom Steyer speaks at the National Action Networks Southeast Regional Conference in Atlanta on Nov. 21, 2019. Steyer was then a Democratic presidential candidate. Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images Billionaire Tom Steyer, who is running for California governor, has vowed to completely abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the state and arrest agents who he claimed
Ken Martin, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, listens to speakers during a press conference with Texas Democrats at the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades union hall in Aurora, Ill. on Aug. 5, 2025. Scott Olson/Getty Images Cameron Landin sat at a microphone in a ballroom full of Democratic National Committee (DNC) members
Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes speaks to members of the media outside the D.C. Central Detention Facility in Washington on Jan. 21, 2025. Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images The Justice Department is petitioning an appeals court to throw out the convictions of unpardoned defendants who were charged in connection with the U.S. Capitol breach on
First Lady Melania Trump (C) speaks alongside committee Chairman Rep. Jason Smith (R-Mo.) (L) and Rep. Danny Davis (D-Ill.) during a House Ways and Means Committee roundtable discussion on advancing legislation protecting American foster care children, her second major legislative initiative of the second Trump administration, on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 15, 2026.
Deputies arrest Kevin Cichowski in Palm Coast, Fla., on April 10, 2026. Flagler County Sheriff’s Department A Florida man running for governor was arrested April 10 on suspicion of beating his elderly parents and threatening to shoot them after they tried to watch TV without his permission. Kevin Cichowski, 46, of Palm Coast faces eight
A vessel in the Strait of Hormuz, off the coast of Oman’s Musandam Province, on April 12, 2026. Reuters Two Chinese banks recently received letters from the U.S. Treasury threatening secondary sanctions if the agency can prove that Iranian money is flowing through their accounts, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on April 15. The Treasury
A gas station in Los Angeles displays prices of gasoline on March 11, 2026. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says gasoline prices could ease back toward $3 a gallon by September following a sharp increase triggered by the war in Iran. The conflict—now nearing its eighth week—has driven a rapid surge in