Utah ordered to redraw congressional map, seat for Democrats possible

The Utah Legislature will have to redraw the state’s congressional map after a judge ruled Monday that the lines enacted in 2021 did not conform with “mandatory redistricting standards and requirements” — opening up the door for a winnable seat for Democrats in the red state.  According to the ruling released late Monday, “the core

Jack Smith lawyers say basis of ethics probe against him is “imaginary”

Lawyers for former special counsel Jack Smith on Monday defended him in the face of an ethics probe into his actions investigating President Trump before the 2024 election, referring to the basis of the investigation as “imaginary and unfounded.” Earlier this month, the Office of the Special Counsel — which is not affiliated with Smith’s

NTD Reporter Describes Being Mugged, Pistol-Whipped in DC at Trump Cabinet Meeting

Iris Tao, a reporter with The Epoch Times’ sister media NTD News, speaks about her mugging at gunpoint after President Donald Trump asked her to share her story during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Aug. 26, 2025. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images At a White House cabinet meeting, a reporter with The

At Trump Cabinet Meeting, NTD Reporter Describes Being Mugged, Pistol-Whipped in DC

Iris Tao, a reporter with The Epoch Times’ sister media NTD News, speaks about her mugging at gunpoint after President Donald Trump asked her to share her story during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Aug. 26, 2025. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images At a White House cabinet meeting, a reporter with The

Trump Calls for Death Penalty for Murders in Washington

President Donald Trump participates in a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington on Aug. 26, 2025. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump on Aug. 26 called for the death penalty for anyone who commits murder in the nation’s capital city. “If somebody kills somebody in the capital—Washington,

Fed Governor Lisa Cook to Sue Over Trump’s Decision to Fire Her, Attorney Says

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve member Lisa Cook, speaks during a conversations with leaders from organizations that include nonprofits, small businesses, manufacturing, supply chain management, the hospitality industry, and the housing and education sectors at the Federal Reserve building in Washington on Sept. 23, 2022. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Photo Federal Reserve Governor Lisa

U.S. to resume “neighborhood checks” for citizenship applications

The Trump administration is reinstating a long-dormant practice of conducting “neighborhood checks” to vet immigrants applying for U.S. citizenship, expanding its efforts to aggressively scrutinize immigration applications, according to a government memo obtained by CBS News. The neighborhood checks would involve on-the-ground investigations by officials at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services that could include interviews