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House Panel Launches Investigation Into Biden’s Classified Document Stash

By Tom Ozimek The House Oversight Committee has launched an investigation into President Joe Biden’s handling of classified records from his time as vice president, following the discovery of sensitive materials in an insecure closet at a think tank, with the panel chair expressing concern that Biden may have compromised sourced and methods in mishandling the […]

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‘No Legal Difference’ Between Biden’s Classified Document Stash and Trump’s: Lawyer

By Tom Ozimek The White House’s disclosure that classified documents were found in an office President Joe Biden used before taking office has prompted comparisons to former President Donald Trump’s keeping government records at his Mar-a-Lago home, raising questions about whether the two face the same legal consequences. Legal experts who spoke to The Epoch Times […]

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Why No ‘Mar-a-Lago Raid’ for Biden?

By Nathan Worcester As Republican lawmakers like Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) worry that President Joe Biden’s retention of classified materials from his vice presidency may be “swept under the rug,” legal experts told The Epoch Times why Biden and former President Trump appear to have been treated very differently in two strikingly parallel cases. FBI agents […]

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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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Trump’s Tax Returns Released by House Democrats

By Jack Phillips The House Ways and Means Committee on Friday released six years of Donald Trump’s taxes, ending several years’ worth of protracted court battles over releasing the former president’s financial documents. The committee’s decision to release Trump’s taxes comes as Democrats are slated to cede control of the House next week. Republicans, who took the majority […]

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Disney Facing Updated Lawsuit From More Employees Fired Over Refusing Masks, COVID-19 Vaccinations

By Darlene McCormick Sanchez Seven former Disney employees, who say they were unlawfully fired for refusing COVID-19 vaccinations and failing to adhere to masking policies, have updated a Florida lawsuit against the entertainment giant, claiming religious and disability discrimination. The 68-page lawsuit against Disney and its subsidiaries, originally filed in July, was updated in the […]

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Job Gains This Year Overstated by 1.1 Million, Philadelphia Fed Reveals

By Andrew Moran Labor data might have been overcounted by as much as 1.1 million jobs earlier this year, the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia revealed in a new quarterly report. According to the regional central bank’s second-quarter “Early Benchmark Revisions of State Payroll Employment” report (pdf), researchers’ estimated employment changes that occurred between March and June […]

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Trump Files Defamation Suit Against Pulitzer Prize Board for Rewarding ‘Russia Collusion’ Coverage

By Samantha Flom Former President Donald Trump filed a defamation lawsuit against members of the Pulitzer Prize Board on Dec. 13 after the board declined to rescind the 2018 National Reporting prizes presented to The New York Times and The Washington Post for their reporting on the debunked allegations of collusion between Trump and Russia. Noting that those allegations […]

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Rep. Lauren Boebert Wins Reelection, Recount Confirms

By Zachary Stieber Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) will serve another term in Congress after a recount showed she triumphed in her reelection bid, Colorado officials confirmed late Dec. 12. The mandatory recount, triggered because the margin between Boebert and her challenger was within 0.5 percent, “reconfirmed that Representative Lauren Boebert is the winner of the race,” the office of […]