Snow falls outside of the Supreme Court in Washington on March 2, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The U.S. Supreme Court on March 23 seemed skeptical of a Mississippi law that allows the state to count mail-in ballots received after Election Day in federal elections. Mississippi law allows counting of mail-in ballots received within a
Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) testifies during his confirmation hearing to lead the Department of Homeland Security on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 18, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times Oklahoma’s Republican Senator Markwayne Mullin is on track to become the next Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary in a Senate vote on March 23. He
Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) testifies during his confirmation hearing to lead the Department of Homeland Security on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 18, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The Senate on March 23 confirmed Oklahoma’s Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin as the next Department of Homeland Security secretary. The Senate voted 54–45 to confirm Mullin,
Kyiv — The White House wants Congress to provide at least $200 billion more in funding for the war in Iran, and President Trump says that’s partly due to aid for Ukraine having depleted U.S. weapons stockpiles as it fends off Russia’s ongoing full-scale invasion. “This is a very volatile world,” Mr. Trump said Thursday.
A plume of smoke rises from the site of a strike in Tehran on March 17, 2026. Atta Kenare/ AFP via Getty Images President Donald Trump said on March 23 that his administration is not negotiating with Iran’s top leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, in ongoing talks and dismissed statements made by Iranian state-run media that talks
Secretary of State Marco Rubio listens as President Donald Trump speaks to members of the press before departing the White House in Washington on March 20, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times Secretary of State Marco Rubio is expected to testify this week in the trial of former Rep. David Rivera (R-Fla.), who is accused of
Washington — The Supreme Court on Monday heard a major elections dispute involving whether federal law bars states from counting mail ballots that are postmarked by, but received after Election Day. The case before the high court, known as Watson v. RNC, involves Mississippi’s deadline for late-arriving mail ballots and whether its law, as well