POLITICS

Federal Union Leader Collected Six-Figure US Government Salary From Mexico City, Where He Hardly Worked, Records Show

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Sen. Chuck Grassley says CFTC risk analyst Malcolm Alexander-Neal must return ‘every dollar he stole’ from taxpayers Malcolm Alexander-Neal (macnealllc.com) A former Commodity Futures Trading Commission official who led the agency’s union said he was working—and collecting his six-figure government salary—from Chicago. He was actually in Mexico City, where he worked less than half of

Supreme Court Considers Whether to Undo Campaign Finance Limits

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The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Nov. 10, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The Supreme Court grappled with federal limits restricting political parties from coordinating spending with candidates during oral arguments on Dec. 9. Limits on spending coordinated between party committees and candidates were created on the theory that not having them encourages corruption

Rep. Elise Stefanik Gets Primary Opponent in New York Gubernatorial Race

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Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, at podium, speaks during a news conference in Mineola, N.Y. on March 6, 2024. Philip Marcelo/AP Photo Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman entered the GOP primary for New York governor on Dec. 9, setting up a match with Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.). “Our state is struggling with high taxes, rising

State Department Has Revoked 85,000 Visas Since January, Official Says

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The Department of State logo and U.S. flag, in this illustration created on April 23, 2025. Dado Ruvic/Reuters The Trump administration has rescinded 85,000 visas across all categories since President Donald Trump’s inauguration in January, a State Department official said on Dec. 9. The official told The Epoch Times that the revocations, which are more

DOJ can unseal Ghislaine Maxwell sex trafficking case records, judge says

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Washington — A federal judge on Tuesday granted the Justice Department’s request to unseal a “voluminous” set of grand jury transcripts and evidence from a sex trafficking case in New York against Ghislaine Maxwell, a co-conspirator and friend of the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer granted the request after