By Mimi Nguyen Ly The Republican-led House Oversight Committee on Jan. 19 is investigating the Biden administration’s handling of the border crisis amid record numbers of illegal aliens entering the United States from Mexico and continued fentanyl smuggling into the country. Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), chairman of the committee, issued a letter (pdf) to Alejandro Mayorkas, the secretary of the Department […]
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Court of Appeals Agrees to Expedite Kari Lake’s 2022 Election Case
By Jack Phillips The Arizona Court of Appeals agreed to expedite consideration of Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake’s lawsuit alleging that the 2022 election was flawed. In a brief order, issued on Jan. 9 and made public the next day, the court ordered a reset of “the matter for conference on February 1, 2023,” and agreed with Lake’s arguments […]
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House Will Vote on Bill to Abolish IRS, Replace Income Tax
By Andrew Moran The Republican-led House of Representatives will soon vote on legislation to abolish the IRS and replace the income tax code with a national consumption tax. Rep. Buddy Carter (R-Ga.) will introduce the Fair Tax Act (pdf) on Wednesday, a bill that would eliminate income, death, gift, and payroll taxes and replace the system with […]
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Florida Takes Steps to Save Endangered Citrus Production, Protect Valuable Farm Land from Foreign Buyers
By Patricia Tolson In an aerial view of a fruit loader harvesting oranges at a grove in Fort Meade, Fla. on Feb. 1, 2022. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) In an aerial view of a fruit loader harvesting oranges at a grove in Fort Meade, Fla. on Feb. 1, 2022. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) Florida lawmakers are taking steps […]
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Texas Sues Biden Admin Over Public Charge Immigration Rule Change
By Caden Pearson Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit on Thursday to stop the Biden administration from ignoring a federal immigration law that prevents illegal immigrants from residing in the United States if they’re likely to rely on taxpayer-funded programs. “I’ve sued [President Joe] Biden over a dozen times to secure our southern border,” Paxton […]
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Alan Dershowitz Asks Judge to Be Excused From Sanctions Linked to Kari Lake Lawsuit
By Jack Phillips Retired Harvard University law professor Alan Dershowitz said he wasn’t part of the legal team that represented Kari Lake and Mark Finchem in connection to a lawsuit that was filed in early 2022 and later rejected. In 2022, U.S. District Court Judge John Tuchi tossed filings by Lake and fellow Republican Mark Finchem. Months later, the […]
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McCarthy Fails in Votes for Speaker of the House; Bitter Battle Erupts Among GOPers
By Mark Tapscott and Madalina Vasiliu WASHINGTON—Chaos walked into the chamber of the U.S. House of Representatives Tuesday and made itself home as members of the new Republican majority rejected House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s bid to become speaker, but then failed to settle on an alternative candidate. In the first vote of a tumultuous first day of the 118th […]
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Boosted Worse Off Than Vaccinated in Many States, Data Show
By Meiling Lee and Zachary Stieber People in the United States who have received COVID-19 boosters in many states are more likely than those who have gotten just a primary series to get infected, receive hospital care, and die, according to an Epoch Times investigation. Cases, hospitalizations, and deaths among the boosted have been increasing since the booster […]
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Texas Builds Shipping Container Border Wall to Fight Illegal Crossings
By Tom Ozimek Texas has bolstered security along the U.S.-Mexico border near El Paso by adding shipping containers along the Rio Grande in addition to a mile of razor-wire fencing set up earlier to prevent illegal crossings. The shipping containers started to be set up earlier this week, according to a statement on Thursday by Texas Gov. Greg […]
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UFO Topic Continues to Stir Debate With More Sightings, Studies
By Allan Stein FLAGSTAFF, Ariz.—The truth about unidentified flying objects (UFOs) is still out there. Yet every so often, the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, gets a phone call about an unusual sighting in the night sky. Is it a UFO—or something else? Lowell Observatory historian Kevin Schindler says mostly it is a natural occurrence, […]
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Constitutional Scholar: Revised Elections Law in $1.7 Trillion Spending Bill May Not Survive Legal Scrutiny
By John Haughey With the U.S. Senate on Dec. 22 approving the $1.7 trillion omnibus spending package that funds the federal government through September, the House is expected to approve it quickly and send it to President Joe Biden to sign before the new year. The 4,155-page bill includes $858 billion for the military, $772 […]
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Kari Lake Team Focuses on Printing Problems in Election Case Trial, Defense Calls for Sanctions Over No ‘Evidence’
By Allan Stein MESA, Ariz.—Attorneys representing Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake and local election officials squared off in a Mesa courtroom on Dec. 22 with Lake’s side accusing the officials of “gaslighting” the public to believe problems on election day were minimal. Attorneys on the other side, meanwhile, called for a “day of reckoning” accusing Lake’s team of […]
