HOLLIDAYSBURG, Pa.—A Pennsylvania judge ordered Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old man suspected of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, to face trial in New York after a Dec. 19 hearing in a Pennsylvania court. Blair County Court of Common Pleas Judge David Consiglio verbally issued an order after Mangione’s attorney, Thomas Dickey, said the defense agreed to […]

President-elect Donald Trump’s Truth Social has gained a new user: Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.). Fetterman joined the social media platform in November, according to his profile, making him one of a handful of prominent Democrats to take the plunge. Publishing his first “truth” on Dec. 10, the senator took aim at what he characterized as […]

Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has donated $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump’s inaugural committee. The company confirmed the donation to The Associated Press on Dec. 12, two weeks after Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg dined with Trump at his Mar-a-Lago estate. The Epoch Times has reached out to Meta for comment. Stephen […]

A former FBI informant accused of lying about the Biden family will plead guilty to tax evasion and providing false information to federal investigators, according to court papers. In signing a plea deal on Dec. 10, Alexander Smirnov admitted to fabricating allegations that President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter Biden, took bribes from Ukrainian […]

A bipartisan group of lawmakers is looking to crack down on conflicts of interest in the health care sector. Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced legislation on Dec. 11 that would force health insurers and the middlemen that negotiate drug prices to divest their pharmacy businesses. Pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs, serve […]

A would-be assassin’s attempt on President-elect Donald Trump’s life at a Butler, Pennsylvania, campaign rally was enabled by “preexisting conditions and leadership failures” within the U.S. Secret Service, a House task force has found. The panel was tasked with investigating the July 13 shooting and a second assassination attempt against Trump that took place on […]

President Joe Biden has pledged more than $1 billion in humanitarian support for sub-Saharan African nations as he seeks to strengthen ties in the region to counter China’s growing influence. Biden announced the commitment on Dec. 3 while in Angola for what is expected to be his final trip abroad as president. “The United States […]

President-elect Donald Trump’s wife, Melania Trump, has selected her longtime aide, Hayley Harrison, as her chief of staff upon her return to the East Wing of the White House. The appointment marks the incoming first lady’s first hire for the new administration. “Mrs. Harrison has maintained an integral role and exceptional leadership on the First […]

The House Ethics Committee will not release a report on its findings on a probe on former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) for now after no consensus was reached. “There was not an agreement by the committee to release the report,” Rep. Michael Guest (R-Miss.), chairman of the committee, told reporters after the panel met to […]

An internal Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) investigation found “no evidence” that a directive to hurricane relief workers to avoid the homes of President-elect Donald Trump’s supporters came from senior agency officials, according to FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell. The statement follows backlash over the revelation that a FEMA supervisor ordered Hurricane Milton relief workers canvassing […]

President-elect Donald Trump has selected longtime ally Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) as his nominee for U.S. attorney general. Announcing the appointment on Nov. 13, Trump praised the congressman as a “deeply gifted and tenacious attorney” with a desire to reform the U.S. Department of Justice. “Few issues in America are more important than ending the […]

Stephen Miller, former senior policy advisor to President-elect Donald Trump, will return to the White House to serve as deputy chief of policy in Trump’s new administration, according to Vice President-elect JD Vance. Vance, a Senator from Ohio, confirmed reports of Miller’s appointment via social media. “This is another fantastic pick by the president,” Vance […]

The 2024 race for the White House came to a close early in the morning on Nov. 6 with former President Donald Trump winning the presidency after taking several swing states. With a win projected in Wisconsin by the Associated Press, Trump cleared the 270 electoral votes needed to clinch the presidency. Republicans regained control […]

A push to legalize recreational marijuana use in Florida failed on Nov. 5 as voters rejected a ballot initiative to that effect. At present, the state only authorizes the use of medicinal marijuana. Amendment 3 would have made it legal for adults ages 21 and older to purchase and possess up to 3 ounces of […]

A fierce battle over the legality of abortion in Florida came to a head on Nov. 5, when the state’s voters became the first in the nation to reject a push to enshrine abortion in the state’s constitution since the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision. After overcoming multiple legal challenges to secure its spot on […]

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, will re-tabulate roughly 30,000 absentee ballots after finding that their tabulation machines were not properly closed, city officials told reporters hours before the polls were set to close on Nov. 5. City spokesperson Jeff Fleming said that officials do not believe that the voting equipment was “tampered with in any way.” Nonetheless, they […]

Early voting has exploded in popularity in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, but some voters still prefer to cast their ballots in person on Election Day. For those preparing to join those lines, here are the answers to some common questions they might have. When Is Election Day? Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 5. […]

New rules proposed by the Biden administration would require health insurers to cover certain over-the-counter contraceptives without a prescription at no cost to patients. The proposed regulations would require coverage of nonprescription birth control pills—recently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)—as well as condoms, emergency contraceptives, and spermicides under the Affordable Care […]

CHARLOTTE, N.C.—Voters across the state of North Carolina headed to the polls on Oct. 17 as the state’s early voting period begins. Citizens will have until 3 p.m. on Nov. 2 to cast their ballots early in person and avoid typical Election Day lines. Still reeling from Hurricane Helene, the challenge is how the state […]

A Georgia judge has ruled that county election officials must certify election results by the statutory deadline regardless of irregularities or suspected fraud. Georgia law requires county election superintendents to certify election results by 5 p.m. on the Monday following the election—or the Tuesday, if the date falls on a federal holiday, as it does […]