By Tom Ozimek States are moving with urgency in seeking to rein in alleged abuses by Big Tech companies, while the federal government is preoccupied with COVID-19 relief and former President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial. Spurred by various motivations, like fighting censorship, shoring up data privacy protections of constituents, or looking to punish or raise revenue from cash-flush […]
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Impeachment Managers Present No New Evidence of Incitement
By Ivan Pentchoukov The Democrat House impeachment managers presented no new evidence during a crucial portion of their arguments on Feb. 10 to support the allegation that President Donald Trump incited an insurrection. The incitement accusation is at the core of the case against the former president, who was impeached by the House last month for allegedly inciting the […]
Posted inEconomy
American Energy Independence at Risk With Biden Orders, Experts Say
By Bowen Xiao The Biden administration has clamped down hard on energy and oil as part of its climate change agenda. But experts warn that the president’s recent actions will have long-term impacts on production and the economy—it will also mean more dependence from imports. President Joe Biden recently issued a slew of executive orders […]
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Supreme Court to Consider 2020 Election Challenge Lawsuits in February Conference
By Tom Ozimek The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday scheduled several high-profile contest-of-election lawsuits, including ones brought by attorneys Sidney Powell and Lin Wood, and the Trump campaign, for consideration at its Feb. 19 conference. According to a case listing, the lawsuits include Sidney Powell’s Michigan case (20-815), the Trump campaign’s Pennsylvania lawsuit (20-845) and Wisconsin lawsuit (20-882), the Pennsylvania lawsuit brought by Rep. Mike Kelly (R-Pa.) […]
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Republicans Call Double Standard on Greene’s Committee Removals, Point to Omar Remarks
By Tom Ozimek Several Republican lawmakers alleged a double standard in the Democrat push to strip Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) from two committee posts over her past comments and actions, while Democrat lawmaker Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) faced no such censure for her past incendiary remarks. The House on Thursday adopted a resolution along largely partisan lines to remove Greene […]
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House Passes Budget Resolution to Set Up Partisan Vote on CCP Virus Package
By Zachary Stieber The House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a budget resolution that lets Congress pass President Joe Biden’s CCP virus relief package without Republican backing. The 218-212 vote was entirely along party lines, except for two Democrats, Reps. Ed Case (D-Hawaii) and Jared Golden (D-Maine), who sided with Republicans against the resolution. Rep. Ron Wright (R-Texas) missed […]
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Former CBP Commissioner: Biden’s Border Strategy Is ‘Release, Protect, Reward’
By Charlotte Cuthbertson Former Acting Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Mark Morgan left his role at noon on Jan. 20. He had been in the position since early July 2019. During the final months of the Obama administration, Morgan also served as the Border Patrol chief. Morgan talked to The Epoch Times about the […]
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Venezuela Hired Democratic Party Donor for $6 Million
By The Associated Press MIAMI—Newly filed lobbying records (pdf) show Venezuela’s socialist government previously hired a longtime Democratic Party donor for $6 million at the same time it was lobbying to discourage the U.S. from imposing sanctions on the oil-rich nation. The documents, which were disclosed Thursday, show a U.S. subsidiary of Venezuela’s state oil giant […]
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DHS Issues ‘Heightened Threat’ Alert After Transition, Warns of Potential Violence
By Zachary Stieber The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Tuesday said the United States is seeing “a heightened threat environment” following the presidential inauguration as it warned of potential violence in the coming weeks. Acting DHS Secretary Pete Gaynor said in a terrorism advisory bulletin that information suggests “some ideologically-motivated violent extremists with objections […]
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Border Wall Contractors Told to Stop Construction by Tuesday Night: Congressman
By Jack Phillips All Customs and Border Protection (CPB) construction on the U.S.-Mexico border wall will stop by the end of Tuesday, according to a Democratic congressman whose district is located along the border. “I received notification that in accordance with President [Joe] Biden’s executive order, all CPB contractors have now been formally notified by CBP […]
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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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Growing Number of Republican Senators Oppose Holding Trump Impeachment Trial
By Zachary Stieber An increasing number of Republican senators are voicing opposition to holding an impeachment trial against former President Donald Trump, leaving Democrats’ ability to swing enough votes for a conviction in doubt. Twenty-nine GOP senators have now spoken out against holding a trial, according to an Epoch Times tally, arguing it’s unconstitutional to try to convict […]
