US Health Spending Explained in 5 Charts

The emergency room intake area at Timpanogos Regional Hospital, in Orem, Utah, on Sept. 11, 2025. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times U.S. health care spending reached $5.3 trillion in 2024, according to recently released data from the Department of Health and Human Services. That includes all health spending through federal and state health programs like Medicare

Federal Judge Orders Transportation Department to Restore Hudson Tunnel Project Funding

Commuters wait to drive through the Holland Tunnel into New York City during morning rush hour traffic, in Jersey City, N.J., on March 8, 2023. Ted Shaffrey/AP Photo A federal judge on Feb. 6 directed the Trump administration to resume funding for a new rail tunnel between New York and New Jersey just as construction

Zelenskyy Says US Gave Ukraine and Russia a June Deadline to End War

(Left) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Rome, Italy, on July 10, 2025. (Center) U.S. President Donald Trump arrives at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., on July 29, 2025. (Right) Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow on May 8, 2025. Antonio Masiello, Andrew Harnik/Getty Images; Evgenia Novozhenina/AFP via Getty Images Ukrainian President Volodymyr

Mid-Decade Redistricting Wave Scrambles House Map Ahead of 2026

Texas state Rep. Matt Morgan holds a map of the new proposed congressional districts in the state during a legislative session at the Texas State Capitol in Austin, Texas, on Aug. 20, 2025. Sergio Flores/Reuters Mid-decade redistricting—once an exception to the once-a-decade routine after each census—is now reshaping the U.S. House map in the mid-2020s.

Trump Lifts Biden-Era Restrictions on Commercial Fishing in Atlantic Marine Monument

A commercial scallop fishing boat enters the Manasquan Inlet in Point Pleasant, N.J., on May 4, 2012. Wayne Parry/AP Photo President Donald Trump revoked a prohibition on commercial fishing in the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument on Friday, restoring rules that allow regulated harvesting in the protected Atlantic waters while citing existing federal

Appeals Court Rejects Challenge to Trump’s Orders Curbing DEI

University of Michigan students walk on campus next to signage displaying the university’s values in Ann Arbor, Mich., on April 3, 2025. Bill Pugliano/Getty Images A federal appeals court on Feb. 6 turned away a challenge to President Donald Trump’s executive orders ending so-called diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs in the federal government. A