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8 Arrested in $1 Million Retail Theft Scheme Targeting Apple Stores in California

By Jamie Joseph Eight suspects have been arrested for allegedly stealing about $1 million worth of merchandise primarily from Apple stores, state Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Feb. 9. The alleged retail theft operation occurred between August 2022 and January 2023—in several counties across the state, including Yolo, Monterey, Alameda, Santa Clara, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, Orange, San Bernardino, San […]

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FBI Whistleblower Interviewed by GOP House Committee, Top Republican Confirms

By Jack Phillips House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) confirmed Tuesday that his committee conducted a transcribed interview with an FBI whistleblower while his panel investigates the Department of Justice and bureau. “We’ve now had dozens of whistleblowers come talk to House Republican staff on the Judiciary Committee,” Jordan said in a news conference. “In fact, one of [the […]

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Gabbard, GOP Senators to Appear in First Hearing on Weaponization of the Federal Government

By Joseph Lord Tulsi Gabbard and two Republican senators will testify in the first hearing of the House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government. A source familiar with the proceedings told the Epoch Times that Gabbard, as well as Sens. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) will appear in the committee’s first […]

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Federal Law Banning Marijuana Users From Having Firearms Is Unconstitutional, Judge Rules

By Matthew Vadum A federal law barring marijuana users from possessing guns violates the Constitution, a federal judge in Oklahoma ruled. The decision cites last year’s landmark Supreme Court ruling that affirmed an individual right to carry firearms in public for self-defense. The ruling came as challenges to gun laws across the nation have escalated since the […]

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Facebook, Instagram Threaten to Restrict or Ban Project Veritas

By Caden Pearson Facebook and Instagram have threatened to restrict or ban Project Veritas from their platforms, both owned by Meta, after a journalist confronted a senior YouTube official about the removal of a video about Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccines. On Friday, the nonprofit journalism organization Project Veritas published footage that appears to show one of its reporters confronting YouTube’s vice […]

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Pentagon Tracking Suspected Chinese Spy Balloon Over Northern US

By Andrew Thornebrooke and Frank Fang The U.S. military is currently tracking a suspected Chinese spy balloon over Montana, according to a senior Pentagon official. “The United States Government has detected and is tracking a high altitude surveillance balloon that is over the continental United States right now,” said Pentagon Press Secretary Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder in a Feb. […]

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Gmail Creator Warns ChatGPT Challenges Google’s Search Engine Dominance

By Amy Gamm Gmail’s developer Paul Buccheit thinks that the new artificial intelligence (AI) bot ChatGPT could dethrone Google’s online search capability. “Google may be only a year or two away from total disruption,” Buccheit wrote in a tweet on Dec. 1, 2022, the day after San Fransisco-based tech company OpenAI launched its chatbot ChatGPT. “AI will eliminate the Search Engine […]

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Former Twitter Execs Set to Testify Before Congress on Hunter Biden Laptop Case

By Ryan Morgan Former executives of Twitter are scheduled to testify before Congress about the company’s decision, ahead of the 2020 election, to suppress reporting about a laptop that reportedly belonged to Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden. In an emailed statement to NTD News, House Oversight Committee Communications Director Jessica Collins confirmed that former Twitter executives Vijaya Gadde, James […]

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Biden Announces $1.2 Billion in Mega Grants as Republicans Target ‘Wasteful Spending’ in Debt Cap Standoff

By Tom Ozimek President Joe Biden on Jan. 31 announced nearly $1.2 billion in mega grants for a series of infrastructure projects, including $292 million to build a new rail tunnel beneath the Hudson River between New York and New Jersey, which comes amid a government borrowing limit standoff with Republicans who are pushing for spending curbs. […]