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Trump's Election Integrity Efforts Meet Resistance In Courts Authored by Stacy Robinson via The Epoch Times, President Donald Trump's efforts to overhaul U.S. voting systems have been stymied by court orders finding that his tactics were legally flawed. People vote in the mayoral election in Washington on June 16, 2026.Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times During his second term, Trump issued two executive orders on election integrity. Among other provisions, they required proof of citizenship and asked multiple federal agencies to compile a list of eligible voters in each state. Some courts blocked his actions, saying...

"Please, Please, Please": Denmark's Energy Minister Begs Citizens To Stop Driving As Global Energy Shock Spreads Iran launched another round of overnight strikes on tankers and Gulf energy infrastructure, sending Brent crude back above $101/bbl and sparking fears that chaos in the Middle East has triggered what the IEA warned could be the largest-ever supply disruption in the history of the global oil market. "The war in the Middle East is creating the largest supply disruption in the history of the global oil market," the IEA said on Wednesday. With the record...

US Africa Command said on Saturday that its forces launched an airstrike in Somalia on March 19 as the Trump administration continues its record-breaking bombing campaign in the country amid the US-Israeli war against Iran. AFRICOM said the strike targeted al-Shabaab about 50 miles northeast of the town of Jamaame in Somalia’s Lower Juba region. […]