Louisiana Democrat Chasity Verret Martinez defeated her Republican opponent by double digits in the special election Saturday night for a state House seat in a district President Trump won by 13 points in 2024. Martinez won 62% of the vote compared to 38% for her Republican opponent, Brad Daigle, according to unofficial results from the
The emergency room intake area at Timpanogos Regional Hospital, in Orem, Utah, on Sept. 11, 2025. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times U.S. health care spending reached $5.3 trillion in 2024, according to recently released data from the Department of Health and Human Services. That includes all health spending through federal and state health programs like Medicare
Power, not anchored to any larger principles, is a recipe for self-preservation over good governance. That’s the picture that veteran Nevada political journalist Jon Ralston paints of the late former Senate majority leader Harry Reid and his worldview, in a meticulously reported if largely solicitous book about Reid’s political life, The Game Changer. The subtitle
At age 93, the magisterial Harvey Mansfield of Harvard has given us a splendid new book, The Rise and Fall of Rational Control. The title will be perplexing to most people. “What is ‘rational control’?” they will ask. And “how can such a thing, whatever it is, ‘rise and fall’?” Professor Mansfield provides a hint
When Stefan Merrill Block is about 12 years old, his paternal grandmother, Mimi, comes to visit his family in Texas. “The boy should be in school,” the elderly Jewish woman tells his mother. “It’s a Thursday! A boy on Thursday should be in a school learning a thing. He needs the—what do they call it?
Three weeks ago, my beloved San Francisco 49ers were unceremoniously dispatched from the NFL playoffs by the Seattle Seahawks, who are vying for their second Super Bowl championship today. The result didn’t surprise many; the Niners were hobbled by injuries to many of their best players and, frankly, enjoyed more than a bit of luck
Vice President JD Vance speaks ahead of the 53rd annual March for Life in Washington on Jan. 23, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times An Ohio man has been charged with threatening to kill Vice President JD Vance when the Republican visited his home state. Shannon Mathre, 31, of Toledo, Ohio, was arrested on Feb. 6