Special counsel Jack Smith at the Justice Department in Washington on June 9, 2023. Alex Wong/Getty Images Attorneys for former special counsel Jack Smith responded to a federal watchdog investigation over potential Hatch Act violations, saying the probe is “unfounded.” Smith had brought two criminal cases against President Donald Trump. The Office of Special Counsel
The state capitol building in Des Moines, Iowa, on Jan. 15, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times Democrat Catelin Drey won an Aug. 26 special election for Iowa Senate District 1, flipping a Republican-held seat and breaking the GOP’s supermajority in the chamber. Drey defeated Republican Christopher Prosch with 4,208 votes (55 percent) to Prosch’s 3,411
The Senate side of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on July 14, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times President Donald Trump has called for an end to the Senate tradition known as the “blue slip,” despite resistance from Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa). The blue slip is a tradition that allows senators from the
Washington — Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Salvadoran man who was taken into immigration custody after he was released pending a criminal trial, has asked an immigration judge to reopen his immigration proceedings and is seeking asylum in the United States, his lawyer said during a court hearing Wednesday. Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg, Abrego Garcia’s attorney, told a
Members of the National Guard outside Union Station in Washington on Aug. 14, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times WASHINGTON—Federal officials will take over the management of Washington’s Union Station, which Amtrak now runs. Amtrak is a federally chartered corporation operating as a for-profit entity, with the U.S. government as its controlling shareholder. The Epoch Times
In the nearly three weeks since President Trump deployed federal troops and law enforcement agents throughout Washington, D.C., a CBS News analysis of crime data shows violent crime is down in Washington by almost half when compared to the same 19 days in 2024. The analysis, reviewing every crime incident reported to the District of
D.C. crime stats amid National Guard deployment Here’s how D.C. crime numbers look since Trump deployed the National Guard 03:49 Washington — The Department of Transportation will reclaim management of Washington, D.C.’s transit hub Union Station, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced, saying the move is necessary to “help make this city safe and beautiful.” Duffy