Students walk on campus at the University of Washington in Seattle on March 6, 2020. Karen Ducey/Getty Images University of Washington professor Stuart Reges was exercising free speech when he parodied his employer’s official statement that the land encompassing the Seattle school belongs to local indigenous people, federal judges have determined. The U.S. Ninth Circuit
By Owen Evans | December 23, 2025Updated:December 23, 2025 The West may have found an unexpected way to chip away at communist China’s dominance in the production of critical minerals: extracting metals from oil wells, waste streams, and discarded electronics in an attempt to scale up processing technologies at home. Instead of waiting years for
The Trump administration is set to resume garnishing the wages of some student loan borrowers who are in default beginning in early 2026, and a leading advocacy group for student loan borrowers is raising concerns. Wage garnishment notices are expected to go out to about 1,000 borrowers in default beginning the week of Jan. 7,
Washington — The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a bid by the Trump administration to deploy National Guard members to the Chicago area while a legal challenge moves forward, delivering a setback to President Trump in his effort to use federalized troops in Illinois to ensure enforcement of federal immigration laws. The high court left
Fish Creek winds through the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, managed by the Bureau of Land Management on Alaska’s North Slope, on July 8, 2004. David W. Houseknecht/United States Geological Survey via AP The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will open more public land for oil and gas drilling in Alaska, the agency announced on Dec.
The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Oct. 20, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The U.S. Supreme Court on Dec. 23 ruled that President Donald Trump may not deploy National Guard troops to Chicago to protect federal immigration agents for the time being. “At this preliminary stage, the government has failed to identify a source
President Donald Trump delivers remarks on reciprocal tariffs during his “Liberation Day” event in the Rose Garden at the White House on April 2, 2025. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images President Donald Trump on Tuesday said that his tariffs led to a significant expansion of the U.S. economy after a federal agency released its estimates