Latino voters cite affordability, economy as top concerns in new poll

A sweeping new survey of 3,000 registered Latino voters across the country finds that economic anxiety continues to dominate the political mood heading into the 2026 midterm elections, with cost of living, jobs, and housing far outpacing other issues as top priorities for the nation’s second-largest voting bloc. The new survey finds that while immigration

Pennsylvanians to Decide Whether to Keep 3 Democratic State Supreme Court Justices

(L–R) Justices David Wecht, Kevin Dougherty, and Christine Donohue. The Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania voters are set to vote on Tuesday in an election that could shift the balance of the state’s Supreme Court. Voters will decide whether three of the high court’s seven justices—Christine Donohue, Kevin Dougherty, and David Wecht—should each be

Trump administration will use contingency fund to pay partial SNAP benefits

Washington — The U.S. Department of Agriculture told a federal court that it will tap into a contingency fund to allow states to issue partial November benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program during the government shutdown. In a declaration submitted to the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island, Patrick Penn, a

Trump: “Hard for me” to give money to NYC if “communist” Mamdani is mayor

President Trump weighed in on the closely watched race for New York City mayor in an exclusive interview with 60 Minutes, again suggesting he may withhold federal funding to New York if Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani is elected. The 34-year-old Queens assemblyman has proposed policies he says address affordability in the city, like free child

Bessent Suggests US Already in Housing Recession, Calls for Lower Interest Rates

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks with reporters outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington on Oct. 22, 2025. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images The U.S. housing market and other parts of the economy may already be in a recession due to high interest rates, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday, reiterating that the

Asylum Applications Hit Record High in Final Year of Biden Administration: OECD

Suspected human smugglers drive ATVs on the Mexican side of the United States border wall near Jacumba, Calif., on Oct. 31, 2023. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times The United States registered record-high asylum applications during the final year of the Biden administration, accounting for more than half of all filings across developed nations, according to a

Trump Says Mass Deportation Operation Hasn’t ‘Gone Far Enough’

President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Feb. 11, 2025. Kevin Lamarque/Reuters President Donald Trump said in a new interview that he believes Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) actions targeting illegal immigrants “haven’t gone far enough” as his administration continues to launch operations across multiple major U.S.