Join The Epoch Times and NTD for Election Night Coverage!

After a nearly two-year presidential campaign in this consequential election, reporters and photographers for The Epoch Times will bring you accurate and timely information from all the key swing states and the Trump and Harris campaign watch parties on Election Day.

We will have staff in 13 states, including each of the battleground states and the headquarters for the Trump and Harris campaigns. Our colleagues are in Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin, and the District of Columbia. We will be speaking to voters and poll watchers during the day and observing the vote counts at tabulation centers once the polls close.

The Epoch Times website will carry the results for each House and Senate race, as well as the presidential contest. In addition to updates chronicled in a live article, we’ll post feature stories and breaking coverage during the day, through the night, and into the morning of Nov. 6. Meanwhile, our sister outlet, NTD, will broadcast live coverage featuring reporters across the country and panel discussions providing thoughtful analysis, while its state-of-the-art studios and cutting-edge data wall will deliver the latest results as they come in.

Live coverage starts at 6 p.m. on Nov. 5. Also tune in the next day for in-depth analysis on what the election outcomes mean for the future. Don’t miss a moment of this pivotal night!

It’s the middle of the night. You wake from a deep sleep and smell smoke. When you come to, you see flames in the next room and realize your house is on fire.

This is just one of many scenarios that can happen—at any time—to anyone. You may need to act in an instant, and having a bug-out bag prepared can help you mitigate the challenges emergencies present and ensure you have what you need to survive during—and after—the emergency.

These kits equip you with essential tools and supplies to handle a variety of emergencies and disasters. Backpacks are typically used for portability, which becomes crucial if you need to evacuate your home quickly or travel long distances on foot. Your bug-out bag should not be too heavy to carry long distances during an emergency. For example, if your car breaks down, or you need to flee on foot because of a forest fire or other natural disaster. Our colleague, Emma Suttie, spoke to survival expert Creek Stewart to help you prepare a bag of your own. (Full Story)

California spent billions to stigmatize cigarettes, while destigmatizing opioids, the deadliest drug in U.S. history. Experts are watching to see if the gamble will work.

Nationwide, more than $50 billion is expected to flow from legal settlements with opioid manufacturers and distributors over the next two decades. California is in line to receive about $4 billion. This money will now largely go to abating illicit fentanyl, the culprit of the third wave in an opioid crisis that began with prescription pain medication in the 1990s.

In the first two years, California state programs have primarily used their share for “harm reduction” efforts, including opioid overdose reversal medication, needle exchange, and public education campaigns aimed at destigmatizing drug use. But some experts wonder if another obvious lesson from the fight against Big Tobacco—in which stigmatization, graphic warnings about the dangers of cigarettes, and enforcement led to a radical decrease in smoking—is missing from the state’s approach to the fentanyl crisis. Our colleague, Beige Luciano-Adams explores California’s controversial approach to the fentanyl crisis. (Full Story)

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