Lawrence Wilson

3 days ago | theepochtimes.com | Lawrence Wilson

INDIANAPOLIS—“It’s not food. It’s food-like substances.”Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. described the many manufactured food products offered that are high in calories but low in nutritional value. “So, strawberry flavoring in food, but there’s no nutrients. It’s sugar.” Kennedy said. “Your body is craving that, but it doesn’t get filled up.

1 week ago | theepochtimes.com | Lawrence Wilson

|April 11, 2025Updated:April 12, 2025It costs more to be an American now than it did five years ago—more than 50 percent more. The U.S. government spent more than half again as much in 2024 as it did in 2019, and interest payments on the national debt more than doubled during that time, according to the Congressional Budget Office. Since 2019, federal spending, the national debt, and the size of the federal bureaucracy have all grown rapidly.

1 week ago | theepochtimes.com | Lawrence Wilson

|April 11, 2025Updated:April 11, 2025It costs more to be an American now than it did five years ago—more than 50 percent more. The U.S. government spent more than half again as much in 2024 as it did in 2019, and interest payments on the national debt more than doubled during that time, according to the Congressional Budget Office. Since 2019, federal spending, the national debt, and the size of the federal bureaucracy have all grown rapidly.

3 weeks ago | theepochtimes.com | Lawrence Wilson

GREEN BAY, Wis.—Judge Susan Crawford, a candidate backed by in-state Democrats and supported by millions in out-of-state donations, has won the most expensive Supreme Court seat in state history. Crawford handily defeated Brad Schimel, a former Republican attorney general who had President Donald Trump’s endorsement, though her straw opponent had been tech entrepreneur Elon Musk. Crawford won with 55 percent of the vote to Schimel’s 44 percent, with 70 percent reporting.

3 weeks ago | theepochtimes.com | Lawrence Wilson |Samantha Flom |Jacob Burg |T.J. Muscaro

Florida and Wisconsin voters took to the polls to decide races of national significance as well as state and local matters on April 1. In Florida, the First and Sixth congressional districts, recently vacated by Reps. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) and Michael Waltz (R-Fla.), respectively, were in a pair of special elections. Republicans hope to retain their slim majority in the U.S. House by keeping hold of both Florida districts.