Drugs, Abortion, and Transgender Issues: Referenda on the Ballot in 2026

Voting booths are set up at a polling place in Newtown, Pa., on April 23, 2024. Matt Rourke/AP Photo Election Day is 11 months away, and multiple states have already placed consequential referenda on the ballot that could bring significant changes to state laws and constitutions. Some have already been approved for voters’ consideration, while

In Some Minnesota Schools, the Focus Is Reading, Writing, and Resistance

Protestors numbering in the thousands demonstrate against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations in Minneapolis, MN., on Jan. 10, 2026. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times In the Twin Cities, schools play a key role in fostering a culture where resistance and anti-authoritarianism thrive. A Minneapolis charter school located near where 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good was shot

Obamacare Enrollment Trails 2025 by Less Than Expected

An Obamacare sign sits in front of an insurance agency in Miami on Nov. 12, 2025. Enrollment in Obamacare surged under the enhanced subsidies—doubling from its pre-pandemic level to more than 24 million by 2025, according to health policy group KFF. Joe Raedle/Getty Images Plan selections in the Affordable Care Act Marketplace were 3.5 percent

Negative Immigration Rates Estimated for 2025, Expected to Continue in 2026

Border Patrol vehicles are seen along the fence at the southern US border with Mexico in Douglas, Ariz., on April 3, 2025. David Swanson/AFP via Getty Images Republican political fortunes could hinge on the effects of President Trump’s immigration crackdown, according to the authors of a report from the Brookings Institute. A Republican representative from

Lindsey Halligan argues she should still be U.S. attorney, accuses judge of abuse of power

Top Justice Department officials defended Lindsey Halligan’s attempts to remain in her position as a U.S. attorney in court filings Tuesday, responding to a federal judge who demanded to know why she was continuing to do so after another judge had found that her appointment was invalid. The filing, signed by Halligan, Attorney General Pam

Lindsey Halligan Insists She Can Continue to Use US Attorney Title

Lindsey Halligan, special assistant to the president, speaks with a reporter outside of the White House on Aug. 20, 2025. Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo Lindsey Halligan, the top prosecutor appointed by President Donald Trump in the Eastern District of Virginia, told a federal judge Tuesday she can persist in calling herself the acting U.S. attorney for the