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Deaths of Elderly Who Recovered From COVID-19, but Died After Vaccine, Raise Questions

By Sharyl Attkisson Two small clusters of deaths after COVID-19 vaccination have been reported among nursing homes in Kentucky and Arkansas. In Kentucky, four seniors died the same day of their vaccination on Dec. 30, 2020. Three of the four who passed away reportedly already had had coronavirus prior to getting vaccinated. In Arkansas, four seniors died at […]

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AFL-CIO Head: Killing Keystone XL Pipeline a Mistake and ‘Will Cost Jobs’

By Jack Phillips Richard Trumka, the head of the largest union in the United States, voiced his criticism on Sunday of President Joe Biden’s move to revoke the Keystone XL Pipeline’s permit last month, which affected tens of thousands of jobs. The boss of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL–CIO) told “Axios […]

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Facebook Bans Second Amendment Group for Unknown Reason

By Zachary Stieber Facebook this week banned a Second Amendment group without providing notice or a clear explanation, the group’s president said. The Virginia Citizens Defense League (VCDL) Facebook page was taken offline on Tuesday. “We were banned without notice or exact reason,” Philip Van Cleave, president of the group, told The Epoch Times via email. Facebook didn’t respond […]

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Advocates Fear Biden Policies Could Undo Trump-Era Protections for Religious Liberty

By Janita Kan President Joe Biden’s first day in office was marked by a flurry of executive orders. Among those was an order addressing discrimination on the basis of gender identity and sexual orientation. It augurs measures that would expand transgender access in areas such as the locker room and school sports, but fails to mention protections […]

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US Marshalls Rescue 33 Missing Children in ‘Operation Lost Angels’

By Lorenz Duchamps More than 30 children were rescued by U.S. Marshalls from human trafficking in Southern California, including eight who were being sexually exploited, the FBI announced Friday. The multi-day joint agency “Operation Lost Angels” involved more than two dozen partner agencies and was initiated on Jan. 11. The rescue operation recently culminated in the recovery of 33 […]

Posted inNational Security & Defense

Beijing Building Military Drones to Rival US in War, Leaked File Shows

By Eva Fu The Chinese regime has been actively growing its fleet of military drones to spy on and compete with adversaries such as the United States, a leaked document from China’s Ministry of National Defense reveals. The July 2017 document, supplied to The Epoch Times by a trusted source, described Beijing’s ambition to dominate what […]

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Pelosi: House Will Move Immediately on Pandemic Relief

By Jack Phillips House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said the House of Representatives will move immediately on passing a pandemic spending package. In a news conference on Thursday, the California Democrat said her party will immediately move on a several-trillion-dollar CCP virus deal. “We’re getting ready for a COVID relief package. We’ll be working on that as we go,” […]

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US Capitol Police Investigating Killing of Ashli Babbitt; Family Speaks Out

By Jack Phillips The U.S. Capitol Police is investigating the killing of a woman who entered the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6 during a joint session of Congress. “These individuals actively attacked United States Capitol Police Officers and other uniformed law enforcement officers with metal pipes, discharged chemical irritants, and took up other weapons […]

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Handful of States Begin Paying Out Extra $300 Weekly Jobless Benefit

By Tom Ozimek Around a dozen states have begun paying out the extra $300 per week in unemployment benefits that are part of the recently enacted COVID-19 relief bill, with most states poised to join them by mid-January. Jobless Americans in Arizona, California, Delaware, Idaho, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, Tennessee, and West Virginia […]