Voters head to an early voting polling site at East Carolina University as North Carolina begins its midterm primary election in Greenville, N.C., on Feb. 12, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times Today, voters in Texas and North Carolina will cast their ballots in the first major contested primary elections of the 2026 midterm elections. The
U.S. First Lady Melania Trump chairs a meeting of the United Nations Security Council at U.N. Headquarters in New York on March 2, 2026. Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images U.S. First Lady Melania Trump, speaking to the United Nations Security Council, declared Monday that “peace does not need to be fragile,” calling on world
Ret. Command Sgt. Maj. Terry P. Richardson is presented the Medal of Honor by U.S. President Donald Trump during a Medal of Honor Ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington on March 2, 2026. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images President Donald Trump awarded Medals of Honor to three U.S. Army soldiers in a
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks at an event with his supporters during the Texas Senate primary in Magnolia, Texas, on Feb. 19, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times SCHERTZ, Texas—On March 2, the day before Election Day in Texas’s primaries, three Republicans and two Democrats are making their final pitches across the Lone Star State
A man puts gas at a gas station in Elkridge, Md., on Nov. 12, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The White House is preparing to unveil a strategy aimed at bringing down rising energy prices following the joint U.S.-Israel operations in Iran, said Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Rubio, speaking to reporters on March 2,
Customers use a gas station in Los Angeles on March 25, 2025. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times California gas prices are expected to spike even higher as the war in Iran strains global oil supplies, despite the state’s consumers already paying a hefty price at the pump. The average price for a gallon of gas in
(L-R) Supporters of former President and presidential candidate Donald Trump, Pat Saenz, Marcus Canales, Roel Reyes, and Ross Barrera, wave Trump flags as motorists honk along U.S. Highway 83 in Rio Grande City, Texas, on Nov. 9, 2024. Bobby Sanchez/The Epoch Times With Texas primaries coming to a close on March 3, South Texas congressional