Governors and mayors in several sanctuary jurisdictions pushed back this week against demand letters from U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi warning of legal action and possible criminal charges for state and local officials who limit cooperation with federal immigration enforcement. Bondi’s Aug. 13 letter to California Gov. Gavin Newsom said, “For too long, so-called sanctuary
Democratic National Committee (DNC) chair candidate Ken Martin speaks at the DNC winter meeting at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Md., on Feb. 1, 2025. Rod Lamkey Jr./AP Photo The Democratic National Committee (DNC) said on Tuesday it will begin piloting new organizing technology in Virginia and New Jersey this
Texas Democrats return to spend the night on Aug. 19 in the Texas House in solidarity with Democratic state Rep. Nicole Collier, who has slept on the House floor the previous night after refusing a mandatory escort by the Texas Department of Public Safety. Original News Source Link – Epoch TimesRunning For Office? Conservative Campaign
Shipping containers stacked at the Port of Oakland in Oakland, Calif., on Aug. 1, 2025. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images President Donald Trump signed a bill on Aug. 19 that aims to improve national security and transparency of the export control system by increasing oversight of American-made technologies being shipped to foreign nations. The bill, the Maintaining
Members of the National Guard patrol the Washington Monument in the District of Columbia, on Aug. 16, 2025. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images Police and federal officers in the Washington D.C. area have made 465 arrests since the federal government took over policing of the nation’s capital this past week. Fifty-two arrests and nine firearms seizures were
Chairman of the House Oversight Committee, Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) presides over a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 5, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times A top House Republican said Monday that the Department of Justice (DOJ) has agreed to hand over documents from the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking investigation. “There are many
White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said President Donald Trump has “firmly restored America’s status as the undisputed leader of the free world.” Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro says he’s deploying 4.5 million militia members in response to the United States sending destroyers to the waters off Venezuela to press drug cartels… Original News Source Link – Epoch