California Gov. Gavin Newsom holds a news conference at Downey Memorial Christian Church in Downey, Calif., on July 16, 2025. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images Gov. Gavin Newsom vowed to redraw California’s congressional seats to elect more Democrats if Texas decides to move ahead with redistricting that would favor Republicans, he announced July 25.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detain an illegal immigrant near Washington in May 2025. Courtesy of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement A federal judge dismissed on July 25 the Trump administration’s lawsuit over Illinois’s sanctuary policies, holding that the policies either didn’t violate federal law or were protected by state sovereignty. Filed in February, the
Logs at a sawmill, in West Kelowna, B.C., on April 4, 2025. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck The U.S. government on Friday imposed 20.56 percent anti-dumping duties on softwood lumber imports from Canada following an administrative review to determine whether the goods were being sold below fair market value. The U.S. Commerce Department said that its
Logs at a sawmill, in West Kelowna, B.C., on April 4, 2025. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck The U.S. government on Friday imposed 20.56 percent anti-dumping duties on softwood lumber imports from Canada following an administrative review to determine whether the goods were being sold below fair market value. The U.S. Commerce Department said that its
The U.S. Department of Education building in Washington on July 21, 2007. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images The U.S. Department of Education is expected to release to public schools soon billions of dollars in federal grants previously put on hold. In an email response to The Epoch Times, Madi Biedermann, the Department of Education’s deputy
People hold a sign as they participate in a protest outside the U.S. Supreme Court over President Donald Trump’s move to end birthright citizenship as the court hears arguments over the order in Washington, D.C., on May 15, 2025. Drew Angerer/AFP via Getty Images A federal judge in Massachusetts has maintained his nationwide block on
A sign for the Federal Emergency Management Agency is pictured at FEMA headquarters in Washington on April 20, 2020. Al Drago/The New York Times via AP, Pool Responding to recent criticisms, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) acting Administrator David Richardson said the federal response to the catastrophic Texas floods earlier this month was exemplary. “I