A polling site in Alexandria, Va., on April 21, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times Voters are heading to the polls in three states on May 5 ahead of the midterms. Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan will be holding elections, although the contest in the Wolverine State is a special election. Ohio The Buckeye State is holding
The U.S. Supreme Court on May 4 temporarily allowed a popular abortion pill to continue to be sent in the mail after a federal appeals court ruling blocked the practice days before. Justice Samuel Alito stayed a May 1 order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit that halted mailing of the
The U.S. Supreme Court on May 4 temporarily allowed a popular abortion pill to continue to be sent in the mail after a federal appeals court ruling blocked the practice days before. Justice Samuel Alito stayed a May 1 order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit that halted mailing of the
The Supreme Court in Washington on April 28, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The U.S. Supreme Court late on May 4 took the unusual step of making its recent ruling to limit the use of race in redistricting effective ahead of the usual 32-day waiting period. The new procedural ruling allows the high court’s landmark
A Colt AR-15 on the counter of a gun store. Thomas Cooper/Getty Images Denver is refusing to repeal its 37-year-old ban on certain types of firearms known as “assault weapons.” Harmeet Dhillon, assistant attorney general for the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, sent a demand letter on April 28 to Denver Mayor Mike Johnston and
The surface production vessel Hidden Gem during successful test mining in the Clarion Clipperton Zone of the Pacific Ocean in 2022. The Metals Company The Trump administration approved on May 1 its first deep-sea critical minerals exploration application, submitted by North Carolina-based deep-sea mining explorer The Metals Company USA (TMC). The company expects to find millions of tons of nickel, copper, cobalt,
An early voting polling site at East Carolina University as North Carolina begins its midterm primary elections, in Greenville, N.C., on Feb. 12, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times A special election for Michigan’s 35th State Senate District is set for Tuesday, to fill a seat that has been vacant since early 2025. The race pits