Greg Smith did not get inside the Butler Farm Show grounds on July 13 for former President Donald Trump’s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, but he wanted to hear what the presumed GOP 2024 presidential nominee had to say, so he listened from outside. From there, Mr. Smith, who is a local of Butler, said he […]

BUTLER, Pa.—The world on Saturday night is decrying violence after former President Donald Trump suffered an assassination attempt and some of his supporters were shot at a Butler, Pennsylvania, campaign rally. One attendee was fatally shot and two were critically injured, according to authorities. Secret Service killed the suspected shooter. While speaking, former President Trump […]

The U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned eight Mexico-based men affiliated with La Nueva Familia Michoacana drug cartel for trafficking fentanyl, cocaine, and methamphetamine into the United States, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen announced. La Nueva Familia Michoacana, one of the most powerful and violent cartels in Mexico, also smuggles […]

The use of deadly force was legal and justified in the ATF’s March 19, early morning shooting death in the West Little Rock, Arkansas home of Bryan Malinowski, according to Pulaski County Prosecutor Will Jones. In a June 14 letter, Mr. Jones announced there would be no charges in the case. Mr. Malinowski was executive […]

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) was involved in a car crash on the morning of June 9, his spokesperson told The Epoch Times on June 10. His wife, Gisele Fetterman, was also in the car, which was rear-ended on a highway in Maryland, according to the spokesperson. “Out of an abundance of caution, they were evaluated […]

June 4 saw a series of closely watched primaries in New Jersey, Iowa, and Montana. The results signaled everything from the power of Democrats’ “uncommitted” protest vote against President Joe Biden to the strength of a conservative Republican challenger in one of Iowa’s competitive congressional districts. In the Mountain West, a young ex-Navy Seal Republican […]

New Jersey voters have chosen Rep. Andy Kim (D-N.J.) and Republican Hotelier and developer Curtis Bashaw to appear on the November general election ballot to fill the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.). Mr. Kim’s victory was predicted and called soon after the polls closed. With 62 percent of Democratic votes […]

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.—Three states hold primary elections on June 4 in a pair of Senate contests and a handful of House races that could impact the balance of power in the next Congress. Voters in New Jersey and Montana will nominate candidates for the U.S. Senate, where the Democratic Party will attempt to preserve its […]

Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) filed nominating signature papers on June 3 to seek another term in the Senate, this time as an independent. The deadline for submitting signatures is June 4. The New Jersey Division of Elections website shows that Mr. Menendez turned in 2,465 signatures. Independent Senate candidates need just 800 valid signatures to […]

Republican Party leaders in battleground states are not deterred by former President Donald Trump’s New York conviction; if anything, they are primed for political combat. Vonne Andring, senior advisor for the Pennsylvania GOP told The Epoch Times, the state party is hearing massive outrage, concern for America, and “unmitigated determination” to save the country. “This […]

Three people, including a young married missionary couple, were terrorized, shot, and killed at about 9 p.m. on May 23, at the Haiti mission where they served, Missions in Haiti Inc. David “Davy” Lloyd, Natalie Baker Lloyd, and a third person identified only as Jude, the mission’s school director, have been reported dead on social […]

Pennsylvania voters went to the polls in the state primary on Tuesday, but the turnout was low in many precincts, with many uncontested races on some ballots. Some voters took the opportunity to pick up campaign yard signs that they will put in their yards to promote their favored candidate during the coming election season. […]

Democrats have been chasing straight-talking incumbent Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA-10) for years. Now, six candidates are vying for the top spot on the ticket in the November general election, each believing they have the best chance to unseat him. Mr. Perry is unchallenged on the Republican side. However, he faces criticism from local, left-leaning media […]

As results were called Tuesday night, the projected presidential primary results in the four April 2 primary states—New York, Wisconsin, Connecticut, and Rhode Island—are not a huge surprise. In each state, Democrat President Joe Biden and Republican former President Donald Trump led their parties in votes. What is more surprising is the number of votes […]

Federal officials are not prepared to speculate on when the Port of Baltimore will be open again, but there is a financial urgency to open as soon as possible. The port is responsible for nearly $3.3 billion in personal wages and salaries, $2.6 billion in business revenue, and nearly $400 million in state and local […]

Two bodies have been recovered in search-and-recovery efforts following the March 26 collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, announced Col. Roland L. Butler Jr., superintendent of the Maryland State Police, on March 27. The families of Alejandro Hernandez Fuentes, 35, and Dorlian Castillo Cabrera, 26, have been notified, according to Mr. Butler. Those two […]

Bryan Malinowski, executive director of the Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport in Little Rock, Arkansas, died on Thursday after he was shot in his home Tuesday morning as the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) was serving a federal search warrant. The ATF believed he was selling guns without a license, and […]

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) takes issue with calling abortion “women’s health care,” and to illustrate her point, she spent the first 10 minutes of a congressional hearing on Tuesday graphically describing the different types of abortions, and showing photos of the instruments used in the procedures. That was only the beginning of a hearing […]

When the historic American company U.S. Steel announced in December 2023 that it had struck a $14.9 billion deal to sell the company to Japan-based Nippon Steel Corp., Washington politicians immediately spoke of blocking the transaction. U.S. Sens. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) and John Fetterman (D-Pa.) and Rep. Chris Deluzio (D-Pa.) sent a letter in December […]

It only takes one member of Pennsylvania’s statehouse to upset the delicate power balance. In a special election held Tuesday for House District 140 in Bucks County, the Associated Press called the race for Democratic candidate Jim Prokopiak, giving Democrats a slight majority in the House. With 66 percent of the precincts reporting, Mr. Prokopiak […]