By Jack Phillips The U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem issued a security alert for Americans in Israel amid reports that Iran is planning to attack Israel. Several anonymous U.S. officials told CBS News, CNN, and other outlets this week that Iran may directly target Israel in an attack as soon as Friday in retaliation for an […]
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Fauci Adviser Secretly Messaged Zoologist Who Funneled Money to Chinese Lab: Emails
By Zachary Stieber A top adviser to Dr. Anthony Fauci secretly messaged a zoologist who funneled money from Dr. Fauci’s agency to a laboratory in the Chinese city where the first COVID-19 cases appeared, according to newly disclosed emails. Dr. David Morens, the adviser, sent at least four messages to Peter Daszak, the zoologist, the […]
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Dozens of Planet Fitness Locations Receive Bomb Threats Over Transgender Locker Room Policy
By Patricia Tolson As of Thursday, Planet Fitness locations in 11 states had received nearly 50 bomb threats since a female member had her membership terminated for taking a photograph of a biological male identifying as a transgender woman who was allegedly shaving in the women’s locker room. While no bombs have been found, the […]
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2025 Social Security COLA Estimate Rises Due to Inflation
By Naveen Athrappully Advocacy group The Senior Citizens League (SCL) has raised its estimate of social security cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for 2025, citing higher inflation. “The March CPI-W (Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers) came in at 3.5 percent,” TSCL said in an April 10 press release. “That’s higher than the […]
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FDA Notice: Hand Sanitizer Recalled Amid Warnings It Could Cause Comas or Blindness
By Jack Phillips A company is recalling hand sanitizer and aloe gel across the United States because it contains a highly poisonous substance that can pose a serious risk for consumers, according to a notice published on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) website. The recall affects 40 lots of Aruba Aloe Hand Sanitizer […]
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Americans Increasingly Can’t Afford Credit Card Payments as Delinquencies Hit Record Highs
By Tom Ozimek Americans are having growing difficulty making payments on their credit card debt, according to a new report from the Federal Reserve, which shows credit card delinquencies surging to a record high. The share credit card accounts with past due debt payments has reached all-time highs at every time horizon—30, 60, and 90 […]
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Wholesale Inflation Jumps to Highest Level in 11 Months
By Tom Ozimek Wholesale inflation accelerated in March, delivering a blow to the narrative that price pressures are easing and dimming hopes for an interest rate cut in the near future. Inflation from the perspective of business input costs called the Producer Price Index (PPI), rose 2.1 percent in year-over-year terms in March, after a […]
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Senate Passes Resolution Nullifying Biden’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions Rule
By Stephen Katte The U.S. Senate has passed a disapproval resolution overturning a regulation from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) requiring states to measure and set goals for reducing carbon emissions from vehicles using the national highway system. The FHWA issued Reg. 2125-AF99 in November 2023 as part of President Joe Biden’s efforts to slash […]
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16 GOP Attorneys General Challenge Garland’s Comments on Voting Laws
By Matt McGregor A group of Republican state attorneys general are pushing back against U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland’s comments made in March at a church in Selma, Alabama, where he discussed using the Department of Justice (DOJ) to interfere in state voting laws. Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita, in a letter supported by 15 […]
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Red States Push Back Against Biden’s Voter Registration Order
By Beth Brelji A power struggle over voter registration is playing out between the White House and some secretaries of state who say the federal government is trying to take over the voter registration processes from states. It stems from President Joe Biden’s March 2021 Executive Order 14019, saying, “It is the responsibility of the […]
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Speaker Johnson, Trump to Hold Joint Press Conference on Election Integrity at Mar-a-Lago
By Jackson Richman House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and former President Donald Trump are scheduled to hold a joint press conference on April 12 regarding “election integrity,” a source familiar with the matter told The Epoch Times. CNN first reported the joint presser, which will be at President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. No further […]
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California Stopped Tracking Billions in Homeless Spending, Audit Shows
By Beige Luciano-Adams Despite spending more than $24 billion to combat the crisis over the past five years, California has seen its homeless population continue to surge, in tandem with a deadly overdose epidemic and deteriorating public safety in cities like Los Angeles and San Francisco. Now, according to results of a statewide audit, it […]
