By GQ Pan California may have sent out as much as $11 billion in pandemic unemployment benefits to fraudsters, officials said Monday. According to a press release (pdf), California’s Employment Development Department (EDD) has processed 19.5 million claims and paid out $114 billion in unemployment benefits since March 2020, when the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus pandemic hit the […]
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Trump Endorses Sarah Huckabee Sanders’s Bid for Governor of Arkansas
By Isabel Van Brugen Former President Donald Trump on Monday night publicly endorsed Sarah Huckabee Sanders in her run for Arkansas governor, saying she will “always fight” for the state and “do what is right.” In a statement released late Monday, Trump said Sanders, who served as his press secretary until June 2019, is a “warrior who […]
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Trump Creates ‘Office of the Former President’ to Advance US Interests, Carry on Trump Admin Agenda
By Mimi Nguyen Ly Former President Donald Trump opened an “Office of the Former President” on Monday that seeks to advance the interests of the United States and carry on the agenda of his administration. A statement from the office in Palm Beach County, Florida, reads, “Today, the 45th President of the United States, Donald J. Trump, […]
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More National Guard Troops Get Called Back to Their States
By Samuel Allegri More governors are calling their local National Guard units to return to their respective states following accounts of thousands of them saying they had been “banished” to the parking garage of the U.S. Capitol. Montana’s Republican governor Greg Gianforte called the expulsion of troops from the Capitol a “national disgrace.” Gianforte said in an […]
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Thousands of National Guard Troops to Remain in DC Through March
By Zachary Stieber At least 5,000 National Guard members will remain in Washington through mid-March, a spokesman for the agency confirmed to The Epoch Times. “As we continue to work to meet the final post-inauguration requirements, the National Guard has been requested to continue supporting federal law enforcement agencies with 7,000 members and will draw down to 5,000 through […]
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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 […]
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Trump Makes First Public Comments Since Leaving Office
By Jack Phillips Former President Donald Trump said Friday in his first public comments since leaving office that he’ll make a comeback in some way but didn’t elaborate. “We’ll do something, but not just yet,” Trump told Rob Crilly of the Washington Examiner on Friday. He didn’t provide more details. Trump made the comment while dining at the Trump International […]
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Trump Leaves Washington, Tells Supporters: ‘We Will Be Back in Some Form’
By Zachary Stieber President Donald Trump on Jan. 20 left Washington for Florida, hours before President-elect Joe Biden is sworn in. “It’s been a great honor. The honor of a lifetime. The greatest people in the world, the greatest home in the world. We’ve had an amazing four years. We’ve accomplished a lot. We love the […]
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President Trump’s Farewell Address to the Nation: Full Transcript
By The Epoch Times Staff My fellow Americans, four years ago we launched a great national effort to rebuild our country, to renew its spirit, and to restore the allegiance of this government to its citizens. In short, we embarked on a mission to make America great again for all Americans. As I conclude my […]
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Trump Signs Executive Order to Protect US Against Security Threats From Drones
By Frank Fang President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Jan. 18 to prevent the U.S. federal government from using drones manufactured by foreign adversaries, including China. Drones, also known as unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), have been used increasingly across all levels of the U.S. governments for tasks including assisting law enforcement and supporting natural disaster […]
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CCP Virus Updates: Mutations Rise Along With Cases
By The Epoch Times Staff The CCP virus is becoming more genetically diverse, and health officials say the high rate of new cases is the main reason. Each new infection gives the virus a chance to mutate as it makes copies of itself, threatening to undo the progress made so far to control the pandemic. On Friday, […]
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Minimum Wage Mandate in Biden’s Pandemic Relief Plan Estimated to Wipe Out 1.3 Million Jobs
By Ivan Pentchoukov President-elect Joe Biden’s plan for pandemic relief contains a $15 minimum wage mandate which Congress has estimated would lead to the loss of 1.3 million jobs. Biden introduced the minimum wage provision in a speech laying out his priorities for a tax-payer funded stimulus package to tackle the damage wreaked on the economy by […]
