By Andrew Moran U.S. stocks surged at the start of the trading week, rebounding from Friday’s selloff sparked by geopolitical tensions following Israel’s large-scale attack on Iran. “The declines weren’t as bad as feared,” Tom Essaye, the president and co-founder of Sevens Research Report, said in a note emailed to The Epoch Times on Monday. […]
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America Prepares for Protests, Celebrations on Flag Day
By Janice Hisle President Donald Trump said Americans are invited to the nation’s capital for “an unforgettable celebration” of the Army’s 250th anniversary on June 14. That date is also Flag Day, marking the adoption of America’s first national flag in 1777, and Trump’s 79th birthday. But the president’s detractors said they are planning “No […]
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New Democrat Coalition Urges Party to Reconnect With Working Class
By Chase Smith A member of the New Democrat Coalition is calling on the Democratic Party to sharpen its message to working-class voters, saying that the party’s platform already aligns with their needs but isn’t breaking through. In an op-ed published June 11, Rep. Marc Veasey of Texas said Democrats “don’t need a new agenda” […]
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Dow Plunges Nearly 800 Points After Israel and Iran Trade Strikes
By Andrew Moran Global financial markets are in turmoil on the heels of Israel’s full-scale strikes on Iran, targeting the nation’s nuclear facilities and military leadership. U.S. stocks plunged on June 13, with the major benchmarks closing down by more than 1 percent. The blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by approximately 400 points, or […]
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Thomas Massie Introduces Bill to Audit America’s Gold Reserves
By Andrew Moran Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) introduced legislation on June 6 to audit gold reserves held by the United States. Earlier this year, President Donald Trump and billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk suggested that the administration would investigate Fort Knox, the Kentucky-based facility that stores U.S. gold reserves. “We’re going to go into Fort Knox […]
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US Sets New Energy Production Record in 2024, Driven by Growth in Natural Gas, Renewables
By Chase Smith The United States produced more energy in 2024 than in any year on record, according to newly released data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA). Total domestic energy output topped 103 quadrillion British thermal units (Btu), a 1 percent increase from the previous record set in 2023, the May 2025 EIA report […]
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Citigroup Reverses Course on Controversial Firearm Policies
By Naveen Athrappully Citigroup reversed its policy requiring retail business clients to refrain from selling firearms to those who haven’t passed background checks, the bank announced in a June 3 statement. Citigroup instituted the policy in March 2018. It also included restricting clients from selling high-capacity magazines and bump stocks, and selling guns to individuals […]
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Musk Begins Decommissioning SpaceX Dragon Amid Fallout With Trump
By T.J. Muscaro Elon Musk announced on June 5 that SpaceX would begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft after President Donald Trump appeared to call for the termination of all of the government’s subsidies and contracts with him. “In light of the President’s statement about cancellation of my government contracts, @SpaceX will begin decommissioning its Dragon […]
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2 Chinese Nationals Charged With Visa Fraud, Smuggling ‘Agroterrorism Weapon’ Into US
By Catherine Yang Two Chinese nationals, including one who works at the University of Michigan, were charged on June 2 with visa fraud, conspiracy, making false statements, and smuggling a pathogen into the United States. This comes amid the Trump administration’s announcement of “aggressively” revoking visas for Chinese international students, including those with ties to […]
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Supreme Court Declines to Challenge Maryland ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban
By Tom Ozimek The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear two high-profile challenges to state gun-control laws—one in Maryland banning semiautomatic rifles such as the AR-15, and another in Rhode Island prohibiting magazines that hold more than 10 rounds. Both denials came in a June 2 orders list that did not provide an explanation […]
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Missing Montreal – 20 Years Without MLB Expos
By Donald Laible Charles Frederick “Boots” Day takes great pride in having played for the Montreal Expos. Retired from professional baseball since the end of the 2021 season, Day packed away his cleats and glove after 55 years on the job. He had been serving as the bench coach on manager Andy McCauley’s staff for […]
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CDC Stops Recommending COVID Vaccine for Healthy Children, Pregnant Women
By Zachary Stieber Health officials on May 27 announced they’re narrowing recommendations for COVID-19 vaccinations. “I couldn’t be more pleased to announce that as of today, the COVID vaccine for healthy children and healthy pregnant women has been removed from the CDC recommended immunization schedule,” Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said in a video […]
