22 States Seek Injunction to Block Trump Admin From Defunding Planned Parenthood

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

Some School Districts Increase Funding for Migrant Instruction Despite Local Budget Gaps

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

DOJ Finds UCLA Violated Civil Rights Law

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

Greene Says She Won’t Run for Georgia Governor but Adds, ‘We All Know I Would Win’

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

Ted Cruz Introduces Bill to Change Rules for Military Flights Near Airports After Deadly Midair Collision

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 25, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) debuted a bill on July 29 that would make changes to the way the Pentagon uses helicopters around busy airports, as well as prevent the Army from disengaging a critical