Associate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh poses for an official photo at the Supreme Court in Washington on Oct. 7, 2022. Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images The Supreme Court issued an emergency order on July 16 temporarily blocking a lower court ruling that prevents voters in seven states from suing over alleged discrimination under the
House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark Green (R-Tenn.) during a hearing in Washington on Nov. 15, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times Democrats see an opportunity in Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District this fall, as a special election to replace outgoing Republican Rep. Mark Green puts the deep-red district back in play—at least on paper. However, experts
A child holds up an American flag as Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Saginaw Valley State University in Saginaw, Mich., on Oct. 3, 2024. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images A new tax-advantaged savings program created under President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act is set to
A bag of illicit fentanyl pills is held as Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem tours the San Ysidro Port of Entry at the U.S.–Mexico border in San Diego on March 16, 2025. Alex Brandon/AFP via Getty Images President Donald Trump signed into law the Halt All Lethal Trafficking of (HALT) Fentanyl Act on July 16.
U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) walks from the Senate floor to his office at the US Capitol in Washington on July 16, 2025. Alex Wroblewski/AFP via Getty Images The U.S. Senate on July 16 voted to pass $9 billion in spending cuts requested by President Donald Trump, including cuts to National Public Radio
Syrian security forces take aim from a rooftop position amid clashes in the southern city of Sweida, in the province of the same name, on July 16, 2025. Bakr Alkasem/AFP via Getty Images WASHINGTON—Commissioners and former staff with a key human rights panel are voicing concern over religious freedom in the new Syrian regime, now
A full-scale mock-up of a high-speed train is displayed at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., on Feb. 26, 2015. Rich Pedroncelli/AP Photo U.S. President Donald Trump announced the cancellation of funding for California’s High-Speed Rail project, citing delays and affordability issues, according to a late July 16 Truth Social post. “To the Law abiding, Tax