By Tom Ozimek House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has broken his silence on why he gave Fox News host Tucker Carlson access to thousands of hours of Jan. 6 Capitol surveillance footage. McCarthy told The New York Times on Wednesday that he was making good on a pledge to disclose the footage, and that the disclosure serves […]
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Congress Prepares to Investigate COVID-19 Vaccines
By Zachary Stieber Members of Congress are preparing to probe COVID-19 vaccine development and other issues related to the shots. The Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic is planning to investigate how possible side effects are being studied, the regulatory process of authorizing and approving the vaccines, and why the vaccines were mandated, members told The Epoch Times. […]
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SCOTUS Denies Challenge to Federal Surveillance Program
By Joseph Lord The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) has refused to hear a challenge to a federal surveillance program. The program in question, known as “Upstream,” allows the National Security Agency (NSA) to intercept telephone and Internet traffic from within and outside the United States. The details of the program were among those […]
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Tulsi Gabbard, Jimmy Dore, Ron Paul Call for End to Ukraine War
By Liam Cosgrove WASHINGTON—Red flags with the communist symbol hammer and sickle flew side by side with Gadsden “DON’T TREAD ON ME” flags at the Lincoln Memorial on Sunday afternoon. Self-proclaimed socialists stood in common cause with anarchists at the “Rage Against the War Machine” rally, a peace protest organized by the People’s Party—a progressive third party […]
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DeSantis Suggests Moving Federal Agencies Outside of Washington to End ‘Accumulation of Power’
By Katabella Roberts Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has suggested that many federal government departments should be moved outside of their current location in Washington, D.C., in an effort to put an end to what he called the “accumulation of power” in the nation’s capital. DeSantis made the comment in an interview with The New York Post published on Feb. 18. […]
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‘Coast to Coast’ Winter Storm to Hit Millions With Blizzard Conditions, Icing
By Jack Phillips The U.S. National Weather Service (NWS) on Monday warned that a “massive winter storm” is anticipated to impact a large portion of the United States this week and present a range of hazards. The arctic blast is starting to hit the Pacific Northwest and then push across the northern Rocky Mountains and […]
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Biden Admin Negotiates Deal to Give WHO Authority Over US Pandemic Policies
By Kevin Stocklin The Biden administration is preparing to sign up the United States to a “legally binding” accord with the World Health Organization (WHO) that would give this Geneva-based UN subsidiary the authority to dictate America’s policies during a pandemic. Despite widespread criticism of the WHO’s response to the COVID pandemic, U.S. Health and […]
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19 States Ask Supreme Court to Move Forward With Title 42 Border Expulsions Case After Court Cancels Oral Argument
By Matthew Vadum The 19 states fighting the Biden administration’s plan to end the Title 42 policy that allows rapid expulsion of the illegal immigrants swamping the U.S.-Mexico border are asking the Supreme Court to press on with the case after it abruptly canceled oral arguments a few days ago. The administration had asked the court to […]
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Jeffrey Epstein Documents, With Names of Associates, Set to be Made Public
By Zachary Stieber Documents disclosing the names of Jeffrey Epstein employees and other alleged associates are set to become public in the coming months, after the people did not object to unsealing the materials. More than 150 people who have confirmed or alleged links to Epstein, such as being his employee or one of his […]
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Biden Requiring Federal Agencies to Form ‘Equity Action Teams,’ Deliver ‘Annual Equity’ Plans
By Lawrence Wilson President Joe Biden has ordered federal agencies to ensure delivery of equitable outcomes for all Americans, particularly people of color, women, LGBT persons, and other minorities. The executive order, issued Feb. 16, sparks fresh debate over what it means for all Americans to receive equal protection under the law. Biden signed a […]
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Stocks Open Lower After Hot Inflation Report Sparks Worst Wall Street Drop in 4 Weeks
By Tom Ozimek U.S. stocks opened lower on Friday after Wall Street’s main indexes suffered their biggest decline in four weeks on Thursday, sparked by a hot inflation report and hawkish comments by Federal Reserve officials and investment bank bets on bigger interest rate hikes. On Friday morning, shares slipped in Asia, Europe, and the United States, extending Thursday’s […]
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Republicans Call for US Military to Target Mexican Drug Cartels as Terrorist Groups
By John Haughey A 25-year United States Border Patrol agent and a Texas Sheriff told Congressional lawmakers that Mexican cartels are pushing illegal immigrants across the border in orchestrated surges to distract law enforcement from drug-smuggling operations targeting other sections of the border, contributing to the corresponding wave of deaths related to fentanyl poisoning. “Each […]
