The Amazon Fort Powhatan solar farm in Disputanta, Va., on Aug. 19, 2022. Drew Angerer/Getty Images The Nov. 4 New Jersey and Virginia gubernatorial races are being closely watched, as they spotlight issues that could determine how campaigns nationwide approach the 2026 midterm elections. In both mid-Atlantic states’ elections, voters’ chief concerns include taxes, health
The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Oct. 20, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times Should federal law protect defense contractors from facing lawsuits over alleged failures to prevent a terrorist attack? That’s a question the Supreme Court is expected to take up on Nov. 3 when the justices hear oral argument in Hencely v. Fluor
People line up outside Essex County College to hear gubernatorial candidate Mikie Sherrill speak in Newark, N.J., on Nov. 1, 2025. Juliette Fairley/The Epoch Times NEWARK, N.J.—Hundreds of people lined up outside the Essex County College gymnasium in Newark this weekend to attend a campaign rally for New Jersey gubernatorial candidate Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-N.J.)
Former Kentucky Governor Martha Layne Collins speaks to a group of supporters of Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes in Lexington, Ky., on Jan. 26, 2015. Timothy D. Easley/AP Photo LEXINGTON, Ky.—Martha Layne Collins, the first and only woman elected governor of Kentucky, died on Saturday. She was 88. The Democrat’s most visible legacy
People shop for food at a store that accepts food stamps in New York City in a file photograph. Spencer Platt/Getty Images The federal food stamp program was suspended starting Nov. 1, as the program ran out of congressional allocations amid the government shutdown—although at least some participants may soon receive their normal benefits. The
President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Feb. 11, 2025. Kevin Lamarque/Reuters President Donald Trump on Nov. 1 threatened military action in Nigeria if the West African country doesn’t do more to halt the killing of Christians. “If the Nigerian Government continues to allow the killing of
A parking lot adjacent to the Freedom Tower was voted by Florida officials to be donated as the potential site for President Donald Trump’s future presidential library, in Miami, Fla., on Sept. 30, 2025. Joe Raedle/Getty Images The voters of Miami will choose their next mayor on Nov. 4 in an election that is officially