FILE – Poll workers set up ballot-marking machines at an early in-person voting site at Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College in Marshall, N.C., on Oct. 16, 2024. AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough,File Early voting in North Carolina begins Feb. 12, marking the start of the state’s 2026 midterm elections. At the top of the ballot, the U.S. Senate
First Lady Melania Trump participates in arts and crafts with patients ahead of Valentine’s Day at the Children’s Inn at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md., on Feb. 11, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times BETHESDA, Md.—First Lady Melania Trump visited with young patients and their families on Feb. 11 at The Children’s Inn,
Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-Va.) asks questions during a hearing in Washington on May 14, 2020. Greg Nash/Pool/Getty Images Bipartisan House members questioned pharmaceutical industry leaders on Feb. 11, seeking to learn how the complicated drug supply chain may increase the cost of prescription medications. “One of the most frustrating aspects of the supply chain is
An emergency sign directs patients to the emergency room at the Kaiser Permanente San Diego Medical Center hospital in San Diego on April 17, 2017. Mike Blake/Reuters Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced the Break Up Big Medicine Act on Feb. 9 to break up large health care conglomerates. The law would
U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) speaks with reporters while waiting to catch the Senate subway to the Hart Senate Office Building from the U.S. Capitol in Washington on July 25, 2024. Kent Nishimura/Getty Images WASHINGTON—Sens. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) and Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) denounced the Department of Justice on Feb. 11 for pursuing criminal charges against
Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) speaks during a campaign event with Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Jan. 14, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times WASHINGTON—The SAVE America Act passed the House on Feb. 11. Led by Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas), the legislation would require Americans to prove their citizenship when
Workers attach siding to a house at a construction site in Trappe, Md., on Oct. 28, 2022. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images A group of moderate Democrats this week released what it called an affordability agenda to “help make life more affordable” by focusing on five core areas: health care, housing, energy, family care, and