A close-up shot of a SNAP EBT information sign is displayed at a gas station in Riverwoods, Ill., on Nov. 1, 2025. Nam Y. Huh/AP Photo Residents in five states receiving federal food assistance will face new restrictions on their benefits when it comes to purchasing soda, candy, and other items categorized as unhealthy starting
Lawsuits and investigations have followed a development that is self-described as the ‘epicenter of Islam in America.’ Add to My List Save Illustration by The Epoch Times, Public Domain, Rendition from Texas legal documents By Darlene McCormick Sanchez | December 31, 2025Updated:December 31, 2025 JOSEPHINE, Texas—This rural town with farmland stretching to the horizon might
Phoenix — Former Republican U.S. Sen. Jon Kyl of Arizona announced his withdrawal from public life on Tuesday following a dementia diagnosis. Kyl, 83, represented Arizona in both chambers of Congress for nearly three decades. Most of those years were in the Senate, including a term as minority whip. Former Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz. in
Des Moines, Iowa — Democrat Renee Hardman was elected to the Iowa state Senate on Tuesday in a year-end special election, denying Republicans from reclaiming two-thirds control of the chamber and Legislature. Hardman bested Republican Lucas Loftin by an overwhelming margin to win a seat representing parts of the Des Moines suburbs. The seat became
Des Moines, Iowa — Democrat Renee Hardman was elected to the Iowa state Senate on Tuesday in a year-end special election, denying Republicans from reclaiming two-thirds control of the chamber and Legislature. Hardman bested Republican Lucas Loftin by an overwhelming margin to win a seat representing parts of the Des Moines suburbs. The seat became
President Donald Trump at the White House on Oct. 14, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times President Donald Trump has issued the first presidential vetoes of his second term in office, overriding two bills that had won unanimous approval in Congress. The first of these—the Finish the Arkansas Valley Conduit (AVC) Act—was a bill to help
Activists confront a group of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in the largely Somali neighborhood of Cedar-Riverside in Minneapolis on Dec. 9, 2025. Mark Vancleave/AP Photo The Trump administration is auditing immigration cases involving U.S. citizens of Somali origin to uncover potential fraud that might be grounds for revoking their citizenship, known as denaturalization. “Under