Republican assembly member David Tangipa (C) speaks to reporters during a press conference announcing a federal lawsuit challenging Proposition 50 on Nov. 5, 2025, in Sacramento, Calif. Godofredo A. Vásquez/AP Photo A federal district court in Los Angeles kicked off a multi-day hearing Dec. 15 over California’s new congressional map that state voters approved in
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-La.) discusses affordability at a press conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Dec. 10, 2025. Heather Diehl/Getty Images House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Dec. 12 threw his weight behind the Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act, one of several Republican proposals for lowering the
U.S. President Donald Trump, with a recently signed executive order classifying fentanyl as a ‘weapon of mass destruction’, during a ceremony for the presentation of the Mexican Border Defense Medal in the Oval Office of the White House on Dec. 15, 2025. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump awarded Mexican Border Defense Medals to 13
Metropolitan Police Department Chief Pamela Smith speaks during a news conference on President Donald Trump’s plan to place Washington police under federal control and deploy National Guard troops, in Washington on Aug. 11, 2025. Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP Photo WASHINGTON—A Congressional committee has accused the chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) of pressuring her staff
A still from footage of a boat strike targeting drug trafficking in the Eastern Pacific on Dec. 15, 2025. @Southcom/X The United States on Monday carried out airstrikes on three boats allegedly involved in narcotics trafficking, killing eight people aboard the vessels. “On Dec. 15, at the direction of [Secretary of War] Pete Hegseth, Joint
A marijuana grow site in California’s Mendocino County on Oct. 9, 2025. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times President Donald Trump said on Dec. 15 that he’s considering an executive order to reclassify marijuana out of Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), a category reserved for drugs deemed to have no medical value and a
Marcy and Miguel Mendoza (R) who lost their 10-year-old son, Nathaniel Mendoza, to fentanyl, attend the fourth annual National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day in New York City on Aug. 21, 2025. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times President Donald Trump signed an executive order designating fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction during an award ceremony