Democratic National Committee Chairman Jaime Harrison speaks in Charlotte, N.C., on Nov. 2, 2024. Mike Stewart/AP Photo Former Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairman Jaime Harrison is pressing Democrats to make redistricting reform a top priority, calling partisan map-drawing “the singular cancer in our democracy.” In a Substack post, he argued that Democrats “missed the moment”
Sens. Tammy Duckworth and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) speak to reporters outside of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Broadview, Ill., on Oct. 10, 2025. Nathan Worcester/The Epoch Times BROADVIEW, Illinois—Three protesters were arrested in clashes with Illinois State Troopers at an ICE facility near Chicago on Oct. 10. Mara R. Blumenstein, 28, Emmett
President Trump said Friday he will impose an additional 100% tariff on imports from China starting next month — marking a significant escalation in the U.S.-China trade war. The 100% tariffs will add on to any existing import taxes on Chinese goods, the president wrote in a Truth Social post. Tariffs on Chinese imports currently stand
Rachel Feres lost four members of her family in the deadly plane crash near Washington, D.C., earlier this year. She said that in the aftermath of the crash, flying will never be the same for her, and the government shutdown gave her pause when she came to Capitol Hill this week to advocate for safety
When House Speaker Mike Johnson fielded questions about the shutdown on C-SPAN Thursday, a self-described GOP mother and military wife said the health of her two children was in jeopardy and urged him to call the House back into session to pass a bill to pay service members. “I have two medically fragile children,” said
Washington — President Trump visited Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Friday morning for what the White House said was his “routine yearly checkup,” just six months after undergoing his annual physical examination at the same facility. He spent several hours at the medical center Friday, meeting with troops while he was there. The White
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks to senior military officers gathered at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Quantico, Va., on Sept. 30, 2025. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced Friday that the Pentagon agreed to host a new Qatar Air Force facility at a U.S. base in Idaho after the