North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein speaks in Charlotte, N.C., Sept. 12, 2024. Nell Redmond/AP Photo The North Carolina General Assembly, the state’s legislature, voted to override several vetoes issued by Gov. Josh Stein, allowing the bills to become law. Although Stein, a Democrat, won by a 14-point margin in the 2024 election, the General Assembly’s
A Planned Parenthood facility in Anaheim, Calif., on September 10, 2020. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times Twenty states filed a lawsuit on July 29 challenging a provision in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act that would strip Medicaid funding from Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion provider. The lawsuit, filed by attorneys general from Democratic-led states
Classmates gather outside the Immigration court as an immigration judge held a bond hearing for Marcelo Gomes da Silva, a high school student from Milford who was detained by Immigration and Enforcement (ICE), in Chelmsford, Mass., on June 5, 2025. Brian Snyder/Reuters Despite federal effectiveness at curbing illegal immigration, most states still allocate extra money
Students protest the Israel-Hamas conflict, on the UCLA campus in Los Angeles on April 25, 2024. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times The Department of Justice said on July 29 that the University of California, Los Angeles, violated civil rights law by failing to address campus anti-Semitism. Specifically, UCLA violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth
FILE PHOTO: Attorney Emil Bove looks on as U.S. President-elect Donald Trump appears remotely for a sentencing hearing in front of New York State Judge Juan Merchan in the criminal case in which he was convicted in 2024 on charges involving hush money paid to a porn star, at New York Criminal Court in Manhattan
FILE PHOTO: Attorney Emil Bove looks on as U.S. President-elect Donald Trump appears remotely for a sentencing hearing in front of New York State Judge Juan Merchan in the criminal case in which he was convicted in 2024 on charges involving hush money paid to a porn star, at New York Criminal Court in Manhattan
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) presides over a hearing on Capitol Hill on Feb. 12, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene will not run for governor in 2026, the Georgia Republican said. In a long statement posted to her personal X account on July 29, Greene said she wasn’t running for governor—but