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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche testifies before the House Committee on Appropriations in Washington on June 2, 2026. (Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times)…

A federal judge blocked Alabama from executing an inmate with nitrogen gas, ruling that the method violates the Eighth Amendment’s protections against cruel and unusual punishment. U.S. District Judge…

Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.) during a hearing on Capitol Hill on May 14, 2026. (Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times)…

The Trump administration urged a federal judge to toss a last-minute lawsuit filed by a left-wing activist group seeking to block the upcoming UFC Freedom 250 fight at the White House. The UFC Freedom…

Maine Governor Janet Mills suspended her Senate primary bid on April 30, effectively handing the nomination to Platner.…

Former Gov. Paul LePage secured the GOP nomination for Maine‘s 2nd Congressional District on Tuesday after running unopposed for one of the GOP‘s major pickup opportunities. LePage is running to flip …

Graham Platner, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, greets supporters after speaking at an event hosted by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in Orono, Maine, on May 24, 2026. (Robert F. Bukaty/AP Photo)…

A Texas teenager who fatally stabbed a 17-year-old track athlete from a rival team during a high school meet was convicted of murder and sentenced to 35 years in prison on Tuesday in a case that drew …

Democrat Graham Platner and Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) are headed toward what is expected to be one of the most closely watched Senate races of 2026 after both candidates secured their respective nomin…

South Carolina Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette at a campaign event in Columbia, S.C., on Feb. 24, 2024. (Sean Rayford/Getty Images)…

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) won the Republican nomination to represent South Carolina for another term in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday. Graham led his primary challenger, businessman Mark Lynch, 58.4% to…

South Carolina Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson will head to a runoff to see who will face off in the general gubernatorial election after each placed in the top two slots in th…

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, on Sept. 30, 2025. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)…

A For Sale sign displayed in front of a home in Miami, Fla., on Feb. 22, 2023. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)…

The former Fox News host has edged out progressive billionaire Tom Steyer.…

State Sen. James Skoufis speaks in the Town of Wallkill, N.Y., on June 8, 2026. (Courtesy of James Skoufis's Office)…

Two meteorologists told the Washington Examiner they think it’s unlikely storms will affect President Donald Trump‘s planned UFC fight on the White House lawn Sunday, though they noted forecasts close…

An "I Voted" sign points to a Vote Center ahead of the primary election in Pasadena, Calif., on June 1, 2026. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)…

Prediction market platform Kalshi will start verifying the employment of its users in markets that are at high risk for insider trading, the company announced on Tuesday. The announcement comes as bel…

An artist rendering of the planned redesign of Pennsylvania Station, as seen from Eighth Avenue and 31st Street. (Amtrak)…

Conservative commentator Steve Hilton is headed to California’s gubernatorial general election, facing off against Xavier Becerra, former President Joe Biden’s health and human services secretary. Hil…

Steve Hilton speaks during a gubernatorial candidate forum in Sacramento, Calif., on April 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)…

A ranch worker drives cattle to a corral for inspection for New World screwworm at a ranch in Cintalapa, Chiapas, Mexico, on July 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Isabel Mateos)…

Rep. Darren Soto’s (D-FL) apparently “notorious libido” while a member of the Florida legislature forced his colleagues to rein in his sex drive through a prank on the House floor. The episode is rece…

Election workers sort ballots at Contra Costa County's election operations facility in Martinez, Calif., on May 27, 2026. (Benjamin Fanjoy/Getty Images)…

Iranian forces shot down a helicopter carrying two American pilots late Monday night. Both pilots were uninjured.…

Bruna Vall Galan, 8, gave a unique welcome to Catalonia to Pope Leo XIV Tuesday night - from the top of a nearly 33-foot human tower created at the start of Leo's prayer vigil in Barcelona.…

A gavel and a block is pictured at the George Glazer Gallery antique store in this illustration picture taken in Manhattan, New York City, on Aug. 18, 2020. (Andrew Kelly/Reuters)…

The Michigan Court of Appeals on Tuesday threw out the conviction of a man who was found guilty of a secondary role in a plot to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020.…

House Passes ICE, CBP Funding Through End of Trump’s Term; Trump Vows Response to Iranian Attack on US Helicopter…

A federal judge on Tuesday permanently blocked Alabama from executing an inmate with nitrogen gas after declaring the method violates the ban on cruel and unusual punishment.…

A former Taliban commander was sentenced to 42 years in prison on Tuesday for crimes including kidnapping a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and providing support that led to the deaths of three Amer…

The Patrouille de France conducts a flyover above the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor in commemoration of the 250th anniversary of American independence, in New York City, on June 9, 2026. (Angel…

A state judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by 31 former N.C. State male athletes alleging sexual abuse under the guise of treatment and harassment by the Wolfpack's former director of sports medicine…

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks during a press conference on Feb. 11, 2026 at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)…

CORRECTION / US President Donald Trump speaks to the press before boarding Air Force One prior to departure from John F. Kennedy International Airport, in New York, on June 9, 2026. Trump is returning…

Pages from the Anthropic website and the company's logos are displayed on a computer screen in New York on Feb. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison)…

Gov. Ron DeSantis during a news conference in Tampa, Fla., on Aug. 12, 2025. (Chris O'Meara/AP Photo)…

A recorded phone call from Brian Hooker days after wife Lynette vanished in the Bahamas suggests he was in the water with her, contradicting his account.…

Steve Hilton speaks during a gubernatorial candidate forum in Sacramento, Calif., on April 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)…

A 20-year-old McDonald's shift manager in Northern California, Jacob Smith, remained in the ICU Tuesday after a coworker allegedly threw hot cooking oil on him, leaving him with severe burns across hi…

A crowd gathers by Collin County Sheriffs vehicles parke in front of the Collin County courthouse after the Karmelo Anthony verdict was reached in McKinney, Texas, on June 9, 2026. (Tony Gutierrez/AP …

Workers pressure-wash the NASA logo of on the Vehicle Assembly Building before SpaceX will send two NASA astronauts to the International Space Station aboard its Falcon 9 rocket, at the Kennedy Space …

The prediction market platform Kalshi will start collecting customer employment information for trading in certain markets that are at heightened risk of insider trading, the company said.…

The Jeep logo is shown in the south Denver suburb of Englewood, Colo., on April 15, 2018. (David Zalubowski/AP Photo)…

A “We Accept (Food Stamps)” sign hangs in the window of a grocery store in Miami on Oct. 31, 2025. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)…

A human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine in Miami, Fla., in Sept. 21, 2011. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)…

U.K. leaders called for calm Tuesday after the arrest of a Sudanese man accused of trying to kill a man in a vicious stabbing on a Belfast street sparked fiery anti-immigration protests because the su…

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Any advertisements in New York that feature artificial intelligence-generated people in place of actors will now be violating state law if they don't clearly label that they have used a "synthetic per…

White House border czar Tom Homan speaks to reporters at the White House on April 15, 2025. (Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times)…

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Md., on May 30, 2024. (Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times)…

A Texas jury on Tuesday found Karmelo Anthony guilty of murder in the fatal stabbing of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf at a Frisco high school track meet last year, concluding a closely watched trial that…

Nuclear officials stand near the entrance to a reactor at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant in Athens, Ala., on March 25, 2011. (Matthew Bigg/Reuters)…

White House border czar Tom Homan speaks on stage during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Grapevine, northwest of Dallas, on March 26, 2026. (Leandro Lozada/AFP via Getty Images)…

Organic produce for sale at a Ralph's Supermarket in Irvine, Calif., on Nov. 28, 2016. (Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images)…

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks alongside photos of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska and Decarlos Brown Jr. during a press briefing at the White House on Sept. 9, 2025. (Saul Loeb/…

DHS directs ICE to deport undocumented immigrants who vote in U.S. elections, enforcing stricter penalties for illegal ballot casting by noncitizens.…

Bodycam video shows Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos receiving a Miranda warning after bringing a loaded gun to a TSA checkpoint at Tucson's airport.…

The U.S. Capitol building on June 9, 2026. (Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times)…

Kroger is paying $1.25 million to settle a lawsuit from officials in California who alleged the calorie counts on certain Kroger breads were incorrect.…

A former Air Canada pilot has been charged after flying for years without a proper license, Canadian police said Tuesday.…

A Collin County jury convicted Karmelo Anthony on a murder charge for the fatal stabbing of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf at a Frisco track meet.…

Three men, including a U.S. Navy veteran, are charged with allegedly conspiring to provide material support to ISIS and allegedly plotting violence against troops.…

Stadium workers near Los Angeles say they have reached a tentative contract deal with wage hikes and labor protections, averting a strike ahead of the U.S. men's soccer team's opening World Cup match …

The U.S. Capitol on June 3, 2026. (Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times)…

President Donald Trump in Washington on April 6, 2026. (Saul Loeb / AFP via Getty Images)…

People arrive before the start of a naturalization ceremony at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Miami Field Office in Miami on Aug. 17, 2018. (Wilfredo Lee/AP Photo)…

(L–R) NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik, European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano, NASA astronaut Frank Rubio, and NASA astronaut Andre Douglas, were revealed to be the prime crew of NASA’s Artemis I…

NASA on Tuesday revealed the crew for its Artemis III mission, the next step in the space agency's plan to eventually land astronauts on the moon.…

Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), (C), heads to a closed-door meeting with fellow Republicans, at the Capitol in Washington on June 2, 2026. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)…

The man accused of fatally stabbing Iryna Zarutska aboard a Charlotte, North Carolina, light rail train has been ruled incompetent to stand trial by a federal judge, though prosecutors say they expect…

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel are seem at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas, on March 23, 2026. (Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP via Getty Images)…

A Social Security card sits alongside checks from the U.S. Treasury in Washington on Oct. 14, 2021. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)…

Los Angeles Rams left tackle Alaric Jackson was arrested Monday night on suspicion of felony domestic violence.…

FBI Director Kash Patel testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 12, 2026. (Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times)…

When Manhattan's original Pennsylvania Station was demolished in 1963, it marked the undignified end to one of America's great public works, a monolithic Beaux Arts train terminal with Roman-style col…

A price chart on the Bybit website for the cryptocurrency Ethereum on a computer screen in New York City on Feb. 21, 2025. (Patrick Sison/AP Photo)…

The Supreme Court is awaiting appeals from President Trump in two separate cases.…

San Carlos Lake, a reservoir in Arizona about 95 miles southeast of Phoenix, is closed indefinitely after the death of all of the lake's fish.…

The U.S. Capitol building on April 29, 2026. (Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times)…

The Ateela 2 Oil Tanker boat navigates the sea on Qeshm Island, Iran, in the Strait of Hormuz, on April 28, 2026. (Asghar Besharati/Getty Images)…

Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum (L), Secretary of State Marco Rubio (2nd L), and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth (R) listen to President Donald Trump speak during a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet…

The national debt clock is displayed at a bus station in Washington on April 14, 2025. (Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times)…

Red Cross workers prepare a coffin containing the body of a Ebola victim for burial at the Rwampara Cemetery, in Rwampara, Congo, on May 23, 2026. (Moses Sawasawa/AP Photo)…

A drone view shows solar panels as they stand on sandy soil located on Dave Duttlinger's farmland that he leased to Dunns Bridge Solar LLC in Wheatfield, Ind., on April 5, 2024. (Jim Vondruska/Reuters…

An "I Voted" sign points to a Vote Center in Los Angeles on June 1, 2026. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)…

Dong Guangping’s supporters believe, for the first time in years, that there may be reason for hope.…

Surveillance video captures Penn State student Billy Schmidt's final moments before he was fatally shot during an armed robbery attempt in Philadelphia.…

First Lady Melania Trump at the White House on Feb. 4, 2026. (Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times)…

Decarlos Brown Jr., accused of fatally stabbing Ukrainian woman Iryna Zarutska on a Charlotte light-rail train, is deemed incompetent to stand trial.…

Utah prosecutors urge judge to reject defense delay in Charlie Kirk assassination case, arguing the suspect's lawyers failed to meet stay criteria.…

Houston ISD sees dramatic improvements in student grades and test scores across more than 270 campuses in the years since Texas state takeover began in 2023.…

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Karmelo Anthony's defense rests without his testimony in the murder trial for the stabbing death of Austin Metcalf at a Texas high school track meet.…

Navy sailor Jeremiah Copeland pleaded guilty to strangling fellow sailor Angelina Resendiz in his barracks room, facing a minimum of 40 years in prison.…

DHS approves a plan to let states verify voter citizenship using federal immigration databases and monitor mail ballot flows for potential fraud.…

Raman had initially endorsed incumbent mayor Karen Bass before entering the race herself just before the deadline in February.…

A 23-year-old suspect fled into Central Park and dove into Harlem Meer to evade NYPD officers attempting to arrest him on petty larceny charges.…

American Airlines flight attendant Kellie Williams, 31, was found dead on a Florida beach after an apparent boat strike while snorkeling, officials said.…

Erik Mendoza, 18, was reportedly sentenced to life in prison for the 2023 brutal killing of 5-year-old Prince McCree in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.…

DOJ seeks to revoke citizenship of 17 individuals accused of child sexual abuse, narcotics trafficking and fraud who allegedly lied to obtain U.S. status.…

A Houston father was killed during a carjacking after tracking his stolen truck using GPS, police said. A repeat offender on probation has been charged with murder.…

Judge Debra R. McCaslin assigned to oversee Alex Murdaugh's murder retrial after South Carolina Supreme Court overturned his convictions in May.…

U.S. Coast Guard releases new video from their search for missing woman Lynette Hooker, who allegedly fell overboard in the Bahamas in April.…

The app has dominated the news cycle recently, following revelations that Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner had an active account.…

Pima County Sheriff's Department issues alert for kidnapping suspect Coral Michelle Smith, wanted for incident less than 10 miles from Nancy Guthrie's home.…

Four people died and 29 were shot in numerous shootings over three days in Chicago, including victims as young as 12 years old, police report.…

Siren's Curse at Six Flags Cedar Point was stranded twice over the weekend, leaving riders suspended vertically on North America's tallest tilt coaster.…

Officials’ failure to act has cost taxpayers about $300 million in nutrition funds and up to $9 billion in Medicaid funds, an investigation found.…

Penn State student Billy Schmidt, 22, was shot and killed in Philadelphia during an alleged armed robbery attempt while walking home from a bar.…

A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck the southern Philippines, killing at least 32 people, injuring over 200, and sending a tsunami into nearby coasts.…

More than 720,000 people have signed a petition to advance a ballot measure that, if approved, would criminalize hunting, trapping, and fishing.…

Former Fox News host Steve Hilton and progressive billionaire Tom Steyer are in a competition for second place, with the race still too early to call.…

A new report sheds light on how deference to Native American cultural norms is threatening anthropological research.…

Past classes included topics like ‘What IS sex? Kinds of solo and partnered sexual activities’ and ‘Safer sex practices for all kinds of sexual activities.’…

A Virginia judge found the latest charges against repeat offender Richard Cox were ‘unconstitutional’ due to ‘vagueness.’…

Pelley’s outburst attacking his superiors is just the latest example of his political motivations’ incompatibility with the objectivity news requires.…

The Trevor Project has long claimed that laws restricting access to ‘gender-affirming care’ lead to a 72 percent increase in suicide attempts.…

The secretary of state testified about Cuban leadership’s hostility and management failures in congressional hearings on Tuesday.…

It was not immediately clear who she would be facing in the runoff, though Republican reality star Spencer Pratt was second in early returns.…

The former first lady is promoting her new memoir, View from the East Wing .…

A new report from FIRE shows how the trend has accelerated over the past four decades.…

The Chronicle reports on the essential work of ‘Pride Houses’ that plan to offer soccer fans refuge from the Trump administration.…

St. Andrew’s recently passed a resolution against ‘Christian nationalism,’ referring to the U.S. as a historically racist, intolerant country.…