POLITICS

Maryland Governor Wes Moore’s ‘Climate Study’ Is Bankrolled by Left-Wing Rockefeller Fund Amid Push To Force Oil Companies To Pay Billions in Damages

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The deep-pocketed foundation says the study will ‘lay the groundwork’ for a bill that puts oil companies on the hook for ‘climate adaptation costs’ Wes Moore (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) The left-wing environmental nonprofit Rockefeller Family Fund (RFF) is bankrolling a study commissioned by Maryland governor Wes Moore (D.) to “assess the undue burden Marylanders are

Stanford Students Award Drag Group Five Times As Much Funding As Veterans Association

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Stanford University is awarding five times as much money to a campus drag troupe as to an undergraduate veterans association after students overwhelmingly approved the grants in a campus-wide vote. The grants, which are funded by student dues, also include $175,000 for the Muslim Student Union—more than the budget for every Christian student group combined,

Trump Order Fast-Tracks Review of Psychedelic Therapies: What to Know

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President Donald Trump signed an executive order on April 18 to expand access to psychedelic drugs as treatments for Americans with mental health disorders. The order directed federal agencies to accelerate the process of research and approval for psychedelics, including ibogaine, a plant-derived compound currently classified as a Schedule I substance. We had a problem

12 AGs Petition Court to Defend Trump’s Executive Order on Citizenship Verification in Elections

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Election officials assist voters in casting their ballot in the primary vote at Bruns Avenue Elementary School, Mecklenburg County Precinct 12, in Charlotte, N.C. , on March 3, 2026. Grant Baldwin/Getty Images Attorneys general from a dozen states on April 20 asked to intervene in two lawsuits that oppose President Donald Trump’s executive order on

Senate Moves Forward on $70 Billion Measure to Fund ICE, Border Patrol

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The U.S. Capitol building in Washington on April 13, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times Senate Republicans on Tuesday agreed to move forward on a blueprint for a party-line budget resolution to fund the Department of Homeland Security’s immigration enforcement functions. In a 52–46 vote, the Senate approved moving forward the measure put forward by Senate

Virginia Voters Approve Gerrymandered Congressional Map As Legal Challenges Loom

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A lower court ruled on several grounds that Democrats illegally put the proposed amendment on the ballot Abigail Spanberger (Win McNamee/Getty Images) Virginia voters approved a ballot measure Tuesday night allowing Democrats to redraw the Old Dominion’s congressional districts with a 10-1 advantage. Republicans will now turn to a legal challenge that’s before the state

Virginia Voters Approve Redistricting Plan That Favors Democrats

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A voter at a polling site during the redistricting referendum in Alexandria, Va., on April 21, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times ALEXANDRIA, Va.—Virginian voters approved a constitutional amendment on April 21 that would redraw the commonwealth’s congressional map, giving Democrats an advantage. The Associated Press called the special election for the “Yes” vote at around