Lawmakers Probe Ford Over Chinese Battery Partnership

A Ford logo is seen on the Ford Motor world headquarters in Dearborn, Mich., in a file photo. Rebecca Cook/Reuters Lawmakers are again scrutinizing Ford’s partnership with battery-maker CATL, a designated Chinese military company, according to a Jan. 27 letter. The House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) questioned Ford CEO Jim Farley

FBI executing search order at Fulton County elections hub

Agents with the Federal Bureau of Information are executing a search at a warehouse that serves as Fulton County’s election hub. The agency confirmed that its agents were “executing a court authorized law enforcement action” at 5600 Campbellton Fairburn Road, the site of the Fulton County Elections Hub & Operations Center. Agents wearing camouflage vests

Bessent defends Powell probe: “Independence does not mean no accountability”

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday defended the Department of Justice’s ongoing investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, dismissing concerns that the probe could weaken the central bank’s traditional independence. “I think that the message is that independence does not mean no accountability,” Bessent told “CBS Saturday Morning” co-host Kelly O’Grady in an

Minnesota House Returns to 67–67 Tie After Democrats Win Two Special Elections

The Minnesota Capitol building in St. Paul, Minn., on Dec. 8, 2025. After a record $18 billion budget surplus in 2022, the state now faces a projected $3 billion deficit for the 2028–29 budget period. Jenn Ackerman for The Epoch Times Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL) candidates Shelley Buck and Meg Luger-Nikolai won special elections on

Trump Official Says Carney Shouldn’t ‘Pick Fight’ With US Going Into Free Trade Negotiations

Add to My List Save U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent attends the 56th annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 20, 2026. Denis Balibouse/Reuters By Noé Chartier | January 28, 2026Updated:January 28, 2026 U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says he encourages Prime Minister Mark Carney not to “pick a fight” with

2 Border Patrol Agents in Alex Pretti Shooting Put on Leave

Federal agents stand behind police tape as demonstrators gather near the site of where state and local authorities say a man was shot by federal agents earlier in the morning in Minneapolis on Jan. 24, 2026. Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images Two federal agents involved in the shooting death of Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti over

FBI Executes Search Warrant at Fulton County Elections Office

Fulton County elections workers process absentee ballots at the Fulton County Elections Hub and Operations Center in Union City, Ga., on Nov. 4, 2024. Elijah Nouvelage/AFP via Getty Images The FBI executed a search warrant on Jan. 28 at a Fulton County elections office not far from Atlanta, Georgia. A spokesperson for the FBI said