Congressman-elect Matt Van Epps (R-Tenn.) shook hands with supporters at his victory party in Nashville, Tenn., on Dec. 2, 2025. Jacki Thrapp/The Epoch Times NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Republican Matt Van Epps has won the special election for Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District seat on Dec. 2. The former state commissioner and Army helicopter pilot defeated the Democratic nominee,
The Trump administration has halted all immigration applications filed by people from 19 countries, its latest move to restrict legal immigration pathways following the shooting of two National Guard members in Washington, D.C., last week, according to internal government guidance and a source familiar with the move. The internal U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services guidance
The Trump administration fired eight immigration judges based in New York City on Monday, an official at the National Association of Immigration Judges said. All eight judges worked out of immigration court offices at 26 Federal Plaza in New York City, which is where U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is headquartered in the city, the
Booking photo of Mohammad Dawood Alokozay, arrested after he allegedly posted a video of himself indicating he was building a bomb with an intended target in the Fort Worth area in Texas The Department of Justice has indicted an Afghan national residing in Fort Worth, Texas, for allegedly making online threats to construct an explosive
President Donald Trump speaks alongside Secretary of State Marco Rubio (L) during a Cabinet meeting in the White House on Dec. 2, 2025. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he has nullified all documents, proclamations, executive orders, memorandums, and contracts signed by autopen during President Joe Biden’s term. “Any
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday, May 6, 2025, in Miami. AP Photo/Lynne Sladky Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis plans to call lawmakers back to Tallahassee next spring to redraw the state’s congressional district map ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. “So we’re going to redistrict,” the governor told local news outlet, The Floridian. “The issue
Protesters confront National Guard soldiers and Department of Homeland Security officers in downtown Los Angeles on June 8, 2025. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images A Los Angeles man was charged with a felony Dec. 2 after he tried to firebomb a downtown federal building with several homemade explosives. Jose Francisco Jovel, 54, a U.S.