Federal Bill Aims to Lower California Gas Prices as State Considers Mileage Tax

A man at a gas station in Elkridge, Md., on Nov. 12, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times California’s gas prices are currently the highest in the nation as state and federal lawmakers consider bills in response to the costs at the pump. Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-Calif.) announced plans to introduce legislation to push for lower

Judge Orders ICE Not to Re-Detain Abrego Garcia

Kilmar Abrego Garcia (C) departs the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Baltimore Field Office the day after a federal judge ordered his released from detention, in Baltimore on Dec. 12, 2025. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images A federal judge has blocked U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement (ICE) from re-arresting Kilmar Abrego Garcia, one of the men at

Trump Announces 3 Projects Backed by Investment Under US–Japan Trade Deal

President Donald Trump waves as he boards Air Force One before departing from Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Feb. 13, 2026. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump has announced three new projects, worth a total of $36 billion, as the first stage of a trade deal with Japan that ultimately includes more

Harvard Launching New Green Major Led by Divestment Activist

Harvard University, under pressure from the Trump administration to reduce the power held by faculty “more committed to activism than scholarship,” is poised to approve a new major in “Energy, Climate, and Environment.” The major is spearheaded by a professor who co-chaired an activist group that pushed Harvard to divest from fossil fuels and demanded

Jesse Jackson, Activist Who Threatened To Castrate Barack Obama, Dead at 84

Denied at the ballot box, the relentless self-promoter’s brand of race-obsessed, Israel-hating grievance politics has entrenched itself as the Democratic Party’s prevailing orthodoxy Only death could silence Jesse Jackson. The relentlessly self-promoting culture warrior—who famously threatened to castrate Barack Obama during the 2008 election—finally fell quiet on Tuesday. He was 13 months older than Joe

Arkansas Senate Candidate Running To ‘Fight for Farmers’ Backed Carbon Tax That Could Cost Them Hundreds of Millions of Dollars

Shoffner said she joined a California-based climate group because of its support for a bill that would tax Americans for their emissions Citizens’ Climate Lobby (citizensclimatelobby.org), Hallie Shoffner (hallieshoffner Instagram) Hallie Shoffner is running for Senate in Arkansas as a political outsider who will “fight for farmers.” Before launching her campaign, however, Shoffner revealed that

Khamenei Threatens American Troops, Attacks Iranian Civilians Mourning Slain Protesters Amid Nuclear Negotiations With US

The Islamic Republic has stated it will not end its enrichment or ballistic missile programs, while Trump said a good deal would mean ‘no nuclear weapons, no missiles’ Ayatollah Khamenei (Majid Saeedi/Getty Images) Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei threatened to attack U.S. warships in the Middle East as his representatives took part in indirect nuclear