The California Capitol building in Sacramento, Calif., on March 16, 2025. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times California lawmakers are returning to Sacramento to vote on a series of measures to expand Democratic control of the state’s U.S. House of Representatives delegation, facing a tight deadline. Specifically, the series of bills under consideration—dubbed the Election Rigging Response
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs legislation calling for a special election on a redrawn congressional map, in Sacramento, Calif., on Aug. 21, 2025. Godofredo A. Vásquez/AP Photo California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Aug. 21 signed a legislative package to put a measure on the Nov. 4 ballot that would redraw the state’s congressional map to
President Donald Trump at the White House on Aug. 18, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times President Donald Trump has scored a significant win, with a New York appeals court throwing out the half-a-billion-dollar penalty he received in his business fraud case. The decision on Aug. 21 was issued after a hearing last year in which
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick testifies before a House Appropriations Committee hearing on U.S. President Donald Trump’s budget request for the Department of Commerce, on Capitol Hill, on June 5, 2025. Leah Millis /Reuters Shares of major semiconductor companies fell sharply on Aug. 20 following reports that the Trump administration is considering taking equity
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said last week that the number of unauthorized immigrants living in the U.S. has declined by 1.6 million since President Trump began his immigration crackdown. “This is massive,” Noem said in a statement, crediting the decline in part to an ad campaign warning undocumented immigrants to leave or face arrest
California Democrats are poised to pass a contentious redistricting effort on Thursday in the latest escalation to a national back and forth that could prove critical in which party is able to win the U.S. House in next year’s midterm elections. The new map would shift five of California’s Republican U.S. House seats to be
The U.S. will impose a 15% tariff on imports of European cars, pharmaceuticals and other products, according to a joint statement announced Thursday by the Trump administration and European Union. The pact also calls for the 27-member EU to eliminate tariffs on all American industrial exports and to offer preferred terms for some seafood and