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The California Department of Insurance announced on May 4 it filed an enforcement action against State Farm, alleging the company significantly mishandled claims from survivors of the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires. “Wildfire survivors came to us for help, and we…

President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump honored military mothers during a Mother’s Day event at the White House on May 6. During the event, the first lady recognized the sacrifice and vital role that wives and mothers play…

A group of 30 House Democrats has sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio pressing the State Department to end its decades-long policy of “official ambiguity” on Israel’s nuclear weapons capabilities. The letter, dated May 4 and led…

The Trump administration is preparing visa sanctions on China over Beijing’s slow acceptance of deported nationals, a senior administration official said. The planned move, first reported by Reuters, was confirmed by the State Department to The Epoch Times.  The official,…

U.S. President Donald Trump, on May 6, told reporters that the United States will obtain enriched uranium from Iran’s controversial nuclear program amid proposals that have been made to end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. “We’re ​going…

The FBI raided the office of Virginia state Senate Leader L. Louise Lucas in Portsmouth, Virginia, on May 6. Local media Wavy interviewed Lucas’s daughter, who confirmed the FBI search. The reason for the raid is unclear. “Nothing to do…

President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump host a celebration to honor America’s military mothers in the East Room of the White House at 12:30 p.m. ET on May 6. ...

The FBI was kept out of the early days of the investigation into “Today” show anchor Savannah Guthrie’s missing mother earlier this year, FBI Director Kash Patel said in an interview on May 5. Nancy Guthrie, 84, disappeared on Jan.…

The Interior Department has disputed claims that debris from the White House East Wing contains hazardous materials. Interior spokesperson Katie Martin said on May 5 that the soil had undergone repeated testing by multiple parties and met all legal safety…

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick appears for a voluntary interview in a closed House Oversight Committee meeting at 11 a.m. ET on May 6 as part of the panel’s ongoing Jeffrey Epstein investigation. ...

President Donald Trump warned on Wednesday that Iran would face renewed U.S. bombing “at a much higher level and intensity” if it fails to follow through on what he described as an emerging agreement to end the conflict in the…

Senators from both parties are urging the Trump administration to release congressionally appropriated funds to a global vaccine group called Gavi. The group, which includes Senate Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), said that…

SAGINAW, Mich.—Democrat Chedrick Greene defeated Republican Jason Tunney in a special election for the state Senate’s District 35 seat, preserving Democratic control of the Senate. The Michigan Senate consists of 38 seats; Democrats held a 19–18 majority, with Greene now…

Former CIA officer Eric Conroy, and former radio talk show host and television meteorologist Carey Coleman, won their respective Ohio Congressional Republican primaries and will continue their bids to unseat incumbent Democrats in the Nov. 3 general election. Ohio Congressional…

Republican candidate Derrick Merrin, a former Ohio lawmaker, is getting a second chance at toppling America’s longest-serving member of Congress: Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur. The race is of national significance because Republicans only narrowly control the House of Representatives; gaining…

INDIANAPOLIS—Several Republican state senators who opposed a redistricting plan backed by President Donald Trump lost primary election challenges on May 5 to candidates endorsed by the president. Twenty-one GOP senators had voted against the redistricting plan, some citing lack of…

Seeking to make a return to the U.S. Senate, former Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) decisively defeated Ron Kincaid in the Democratic primary on May 5. Brown, who lost his Senate seat to Republican Bernie Moreno in 2024, had 91.9 percent…

The Dell Technologies board of directors on May 4 approved of changing the company’s state of incorporation from Delaware to Texas, which could make it the latest high-profile company to exit Delaware since a state judge canceled Elon Musk’s pay…

Ohio State Treasurer and former state representative Robert Sprague held off a grassroots bid from combat veteran and political outsider Marcell Strbich to win the Ohio Republican Secretary of State primary on May 5. Sprague gained 70.1 percent of the…

Minnesota State House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy Committee meets on the afternoon of May 5 on subpoena for Rep. Ilhan Omar due to her alleged involvement in a $250 million fraud scandal. ...