By Naveen Athrappully The global diesel market is facing a crunch from lower production, undermining efforts by world economies to recover and increasing the fragility of markets on both sides of the Atlantic, while adding to already-high inflationary pressures. In the United States, diesel price increases have overtaken those of gasoline. “While gas prices have […]
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Ex-FBI Agent Uses ‘Baseless Assertion’ to Reject Testimony Request: House Republicans
By Frank Fang Former FBI agent Timothy Thibault has refused to cooperate with a Republican House probe into allegations of abuse and misconduct within his agency, particularly surrounding the Hunter Biden investigation. Thibault, who left the FBI in August, is being accused by GOP senators of having a political bias against former President Donald Trump and slow-walking the agency’s investigation into […]
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Protesters Shout Down Rep. Ocasio-Cortez During Town Hall Over Ukraine Aid
By Venus Upadhayaya Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) was shouted down by a pair of protesters during town hall on Oct. 12 for her endorsement of military aid to Ukraine. “Congresswoman, none of this matters unless there’s a nuclear war, which you voted to send arms and weapons to Ukraine,” one of the protesters yelled while condemning Ocasio-Cortez for […]
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Judge Rules Federal Ban on Guns With Removed Serial Numbers Is Unconstitutional
By Mimi Nguyen Ly A judge has ruled that a federal law banning guns that have had their serial numbers removed is unconstitutional. The law at issue prohibits any person from transporting a gun with the serial number “altered, obliterated, or removed,” across state lines. It also prohibits them from possessing such a gun if it has ever been […]
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Democratic Party Captured by Environmentalists, Aiding Russia and China, Expert Claims
By Katie Spence Environmentalists have captured the Democratic party and, in their push towards Net Zero, are aiding Russia and China, a senior fellow at RealClearFoundation, Rupert Darwall, says. Furthermore, the push towards Net Zero has monopolized “the money,” as the group includes many Silicon Valley billionaires, intellectuals, and the mainstream media, Darwall told The Epoch Times and […]
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US Inflation Remains Persistently High at 8.2 Percent, Fueled by High Rent and Food Prices
By Andrew Moran and Emil Akan The U.S. annual inflation rate came in at 8.2 percent in September, down from 8.3 percent in August, according to the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This was higher than the market expectation of 8.1 percent. Core inflation, which strips the volatile food and energy sectors, advanced to a 6.6 […]
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FBI Agents Involved in Facebook’s Suppression of Hunter Biden Laptop Story Were Democrat Donors: Records
By Mimi Nguyen Ly Two FBI agents whose communications with Meta resulted in the social media company’s suppression of the Hunter Biden laptop story were donors of the Democrat Party, records show. Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, the parent company of Facebook, told Joe Rogan in late August that the company actively reduced the reach of social media posts about the laptop of […]
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Americans’ Spending Expectations Plummet, Fresh Warning Sign for the Economy
By Naveen Athrappully Household spending expectations have fallen in the month of August amid elevated inflation rates, signaling potentially bad days ahead for the American economy. “Median household spending growth expectations fell sharply to 6.0 percent from 7.8 percent in August, its steepest one-month decline since the series’ inception in June 2013, and its lowest reading since […]
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Igor Danchenko Had an Immunity Agreement and Other Takeaways From Day 1 of His Trial
By John Haughey and Zachary Stieber ALEXANDRIA, Va.—The primary source for the anti-Donald Trump dossier struck an immunity agreement with the government that he breached by not fully disclosing information, special counsel John Durham said on Oct. 11. Igor Danchenko, who fed information to dossier author Christopher Steele, was employed by the FBI for years, Durham previously […]
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FBI’s Handling of Hunter Biden Laptop Scandal Reveals US ‘Has a Two-Tiered Justice System,’ Delaware State Rep Says
By Lily Sun and William Huang DEWEY BEACH, Del.—Computer repair store owner, John Paul Mac Isaac—who was caught up in the Hunter Biden laptop scandal—was unable to attend the Freedom Festival Banquet at the Rusty Rudder restaurant on Friday due to health concerns. Those who were at the event were sorry for missing him but admired what he […]
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US Government Transported Dozens of Unaccompanied Minor Illegal Immigrants to NY: Report
By Naveen Athrappully Federal agencies moved dozens of unaccompanied illegal immigrant teens to New York state without providing any advance notice to relevant officials about their arrival, the New York Post reported. On Oct. 7, two planes, each carrying about 24 unaccompanied teens, landed at the Orange County Airport, County Executive Steve Neuhaus, a Republican, told the newspaper. Upon […]
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HHS Probed EcoHealth Over Alleged ‘Major Fraud’ Against US, Emails Show
By Eva Fu The Department of Health and Human Services’ watchdog had briefly probed EcoHealth Alliance, a New York non-profit that has collaborated with the Wuhan Institute of Virology, over alleged “major fraud against the United States,” newly released emails show. The four-month-long probe, which opened in September 2020, centered around an allegation that “the COVID 19 […]
