Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins speaks at a press conference in Washington on Oct. 31, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The Trump administration plans to soon outline details of payments to farmers struggling in the current economy, the U.S. Department of Agriculture secretary said on Nov. 19. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said during an appearance on
An aerial view of the MP Materials’ mine in Mountain Pass, Calif., in 2024. MP Materials via AP Las Vegas-based MP Materials said on Nov. 19 that it will build a rare earths refinery in Saudi Arabia with the Pentagon and Saudi state-owned mining company Maaden. MP Materials and the Pentagon, through a joint venture,
Texas state Rep. Matt Morgan holds a map of proposed new congressional districts in Texas during a legislative session at the Texas State Capitol in Austin on Aug. 20, 2025. Sergio Flores/Reuters A federal judge who was outvoted in a judicial panel’s decision to strike down a redrawn election map in Texas issued a blistering
A sample of yttrium (Y) is displayed at the Laboratory of Physics and Material studies (LPEM) in Paris, France, on June 23, 2025. Benoit Tessier/Reuters Global supplies of the rare earth element yttrium are running low due to Chinese export restrictions, sparking fears of shortages and surging costs that could hit aerospace, energy and semiconductor
Federal agents at an anti-ICE protest at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland, Ore., on Oct. 12, 2025. Mathieu Lewis-Rolland/Getty Images WASHINGTON—Six Democratic lawmakers have called on members of the military and the intelligence community to disobey “illegal orders” from the top command. A video was released on X on Nov. 18
Federal immigration enforcement agents detain a protester in the Little Village neighborhood of Chicago on Oct. 23, 2025. Anthony Vazquez/Chicago Sun-Times via AP, File The Seventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Nov. 19 temporarily paused an order that restricts the use of force by federal immigration agents in an illegal immigration crackdown in the
The U.S. Department of Commerce in Washington on Jan. 14, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times The U.S. Department of Commerce announced on Nov. 19 that it had authorized exporting tens of thousands of American advanced artificial intelligence (AI) semiconductor chips to two companies in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. The microchips will go