The National Park Service logo at a Joshua Tree National Park visitor center in Twentynine Palms, Calif., on Feb. 20, 2025. Mario Tama/Getty Images WASHINGTON—The Trump administration this week terminated the leases of the public golf courses in the nation’s capital. East Potomac Golf Links, Rock Creek Park Golf, and Langston Golf Course were leased
Protesters confront federal immigration agents and California Army National Guardsmen in Los Angeles on June 8, 2025. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times President Donald Trump said on Dec. 31 that he will be withdrawing National Guard troops from Los Angeles, Chicago, and Portland, Oregon, whom he previously federalized to deal with civil unrest. Although the federal
A person drops off their vote-by-mail ballot at a dropbox in Portland, Ore., on May 21, 2024. Jenny Kane / AP Photo, File Oregon has updated its online voter registration system to allow residents to register without an Oregon driver’s license or state identification card, a change state officials say will expand access while preserving
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem testifies before the House Committee on Homeland Security in the Cannon House Office Building in Washington, DC, on Dec. 11, 2025. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images A federal judge on Wednesday ruled that the Trump administration cannot end deportation protections for thousands of nationals from Honduras, Nepal, and Nicaragua. The Department
Former Special Counsel Jack Smith (C) leaves for a break while testifying during a closed-door deposition before the House Judiciary Committee in Washington on Dec. 17, 2025. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images The House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday released its transcript with former special counsel Jack Smith regarding his two cases against President Donald Trump as well
Federal immigration agents arrest a man in the parking lot of an H-Mart grocery store, in Niles, Ill., on Oct. 31, 2025. Jamie Kelter Davis/Getty Images The head of Border Patrol’s operations in Chicago has said that agents will remain there “for years” as federal officials continue to target illegal immigrants in the city. “If
The 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 WASHINGTON—Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), the chairman of the House Oversight Committee, announced on Dec. 31 that the panel will hold hearings focused on fraud in Minnesota’s social