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 […]
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Rubio Urges Biden to Break ‘Paralysis in Washington’ and Push for $2,000 Stimulus Checks
By Tom Ozimek Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) urged President-elect Joe Biden to bridge partisan divides in Washington and push Congress to adopt a narrow bill that would deliver $2,000 stimulus checks rather than pad relief legislation with unrelated issues. “Please do not allow direct payments to the American people to get caught up in the normal political […]
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Trump Supporters Take Stock of Jan. 6, Feel Mischaracterized by Media
By Charlotte Cuthbertson WASHINGTON—Empty streets and a subdued atmosphere characterized Washington on Jan. 7 as Trump supporters processed the events of the previous day and the certification of the Electoral College votes by Congress overnight. Many were packing up to go home, at the same time a fence was being erected around the Capitol; the […]
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Trump: Georgia Secretary of State ‘Unable’ to Answer ‘Ballots Under Table’ Questions; Raffensperger Says It’s ‘Not True’
By Jack Phillips President Donald Trump said that Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger was unable to answer questions about boxes of ballots being wheeled out from under a table after Republican poll workers were told by Fulton County officials that vote-counting was done for the night on Nov. 3. “I spoke to Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger yesterday […]
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Trump Releases Statement From White House After Returning From Mar-a-Lago
By Jack Phillips President Donald Trump on Thursday, after his return to Washington, released a statement on the progress of “Operation Warp Speed.” In a video posted on Twitter on New Year’s Eve, Trump made note of the accomplishments of his administration. He didn’t mention election fraud or his challenge to the outcome of the presidential race. The […]
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Nashville Bomber’s Motivation Remains a Mystery; Residents Were Warned for an Hour
By Petr Svab In the early hours of Christmas Day, Anthony Quinn Warner parked a motorhome in front of the AT&T network center on Second Avenue in Nashville, Tennessee. Several hours later, at around 5 a.m., several loud bangs, recognized by locals as gunshots, were heard. Some 5 to 15 minutes later, there were more gunshots, […]
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Romney Says He Opposes $2,000 Stimulus Check Suggested by Trump
By Jack Phillips Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) said he opposes raising the stimulus check amount in the COVID relief package to $2,000 from $600, as suggested by President Donald Trump and other officials. “If we went to $2,000 per person, the additional borrowing would be up to almost $500 billion,” Romney said, according to Utah’s KUTV. “Someone’s got to pay […]
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Trump: Increase Payments to Americans, and ‘Get Rid of the Pork’
By Jack Phillips President Donald Trump again demanded that Congress increase direct payments and get rid of non-pandemic-related measures in the latest stimulus bill. “Increase payments to the people, get rid of the ‘pork,’” Trump wrote early on Sunday morning, again posting his video announcing he would likely veto the stimulus package. Since then, the president has repeatedly called […]
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Estimate: Millions Lost Benefits as Congress Failed to Meet Trump Demand for $2,000 Stimulus Checks
By Ivan Pentchoukov Millions of people lost federal unemployment benefits on Saturday as Congress failed to meet President Donald Trump’s demand for $2,000 stimulus checks to be added to the pandemic relief bill passed by both chambers last week. According to an estimate by The Century Foundation (TCF), 12 million people lost unemployment benefits when two programs funded through […]
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Trump Says Supreme Court ‘Incompetent and Weak’ Over Election Fraud
By Allen Zhong President Donald Trump said that the U.S. Supreme Court failed to address massive election fraud properly. “The U.S. Supreme Court has been totally incompetent and weak on the massive Election Fraud that took place in the 2020 Presidential Election,” he wrote in a Twitter post on Saturday morning. “We have absolute PROOF, but they don’t want to see it—No ‘standing’, […]
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Trump and Melania Wish Americans Merry Christmas in Video Message
By Allen Zhong President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump wished Americans a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, expressing gratitude to God and courageous citizens. “The President and I want to wish every American a very Merry Christmas,” they said in a video released on Thursday. “At Christmas, we thank God for sending us his son to bring peace to […]
