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The White House has drafted an executive order that tasks federal agencies with examining online platforms for bias and antitrust issues. The early draft was first leaked to Bloomberg; text from the draft was then published by Business Insider. “Whether reading news or looking for local businesses, citizens rely on search, social media, and other […]

The Vatican signed an agreement with Beijing on Sept. 22 that would allow the Chinese authorities to appoint China’s bishops, in a move that critics say is capitulating to the Chinese regime. The Catholic Church in China, which is sanctioned by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), said on Sept. 23 it would “persevere to walk […]

MELBOURNE—Event organizers suspect the Chinese consulate is behind Victoria University’s (VU) inexplicable cancellation of “In the Name of Confucius”—an award-winning documentary that exposes a darker side of the so-called Confucius Institutes. VU is home to one of Australia’s 14 Confucius Institutes. CIs are Chinese state-run culture and language programs, which are widely seen as part […]

SAN DIEGO—The Trump administration on Sept. 22, proposed rules that could deny green cards to immigrants if they use Medicaid, food stamps, housing vouchers and other forms of public assistance. Federal law already requires those seeking green cards and to prove they will not be a burden—or “public charge”—but the new rules detail a broad […]

Four people have now disputed a sexual assault allegation made by a California woman against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, with the latest being a friend of the accuser who definitively stated: “she has no recollection of ever being at a party where he was present.” Christine Blasey Ford, a professor, has said Kavanaugh sexually […]

Several groups that organized people to disrupt Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings could be at risk of being stripped of their tax-exempt status for violating Internal Revenue Service rules, based on a review of the agency’s applicable rules. The groups encouraged protesters to commit acts of civil disobedience by disrupting the hearings. The […]

Vice President Mike Pence said Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is a man of integrity. Following President Donald Trump’s support of Kavanaugh, after a California woman accused the judge of sexually assaulting her in 1982, Pence said on Saturday, Sept. 22, that Kavanaugh “is a man of integrity with impeccable credentials and a proven judicial […]

Respect for the nation’s flag is deemed fairly important by many. After all, the flag is a symbol of this nation, and respecting that symbol is in many ways showing respect to the people who make up this nation, the traditions that form this nation, and the sacrifices others have made to preserve those traditions. […]

The woman who accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault, Dr. Christine Ford, has accepted the Senate Judiciary Committee’s invitation to testify. A public hearing has been scheduled for 10 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 24, according to Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), the chair of the committee. The lawyers for Dr. Ford, Debra Katz […]

A tornado in Canada on Friday, Sept. 21, left 25 injured, authorities said. The tornado ripped through Ottawa and Gatineau. Ten of those injured were rushed to the hospital, reported CBC, five in each city. ‘Like Some Bomb Was Dropped’ Around 150,000 Hydro Ottawa customers were left without power, with Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson saying […]

NAIROBI, Kenya—The death toll soared past 200 while a survivor was found inside a capsized Tanzania ferry two days after the Lake Victoria disaster, officials said on Sept. 22, while search efforts were ending to focus on identifying bodies. The survivor, an engineer, was found near the engine of the overturned vessel, Mwanza regional commissioner […]

Up to 29 million illegal immigrants are currently living in the United States, according to researchers affiliated with Yale University, with a mean estimate of 22.1 million out of the range delivered by a mathematical model. That’s more than twice the number of previous estimates or 11.3 million illegal aliens. The researches said they used […]

A multi-day manhunt for a Pennsylvania man who threatened to kill President Donald Trump ended Sept. 21 when authorities captured Shawn Christy in Ohio. The search for Christy, 27, was triggered on Sunday, Sept. 16 after Christy made a threat against Trump and John Morganelli, the district attorney of Northampton County in Pennsylvania, that was […]

TEHRAN, Iran—Gunmen disguised as soldiers attacked an annual Iranian military parade on Sept. 22 in the country’s oil-rich southwest, killing at least 25 people and wounding 53 in the bloodiest assault to strike the country in recent years. The attack in Ahvaz saw gunfire sprayed into a crowd of marching Revolutionary Guardsmen, bystanders and government […]

SPRINGFIELD, Mo.—President Donald Trump traveled to Springfield, Missouri, to stump for Republican senate candidate Josh Hawley at a MAGA style rally as the midterm elections draw ever closer. Trump made the Sept. 21 trip to the JQH Arena to help re-energize his voter base ahead of Hawley’s face off against Democrat Senator Claire McCaskill this […]

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein dismissed a New York Times article as “inaccurate and factually incorrect” for claiming that in May 2017 he suggested recording President Donald Trump and brought up the possibility of invoking the 25th amendment to remove the commander in chief. “The New York Times’s story is inaccurate and factually incorrect,” Rosenstein […]

News Analysis Last night President Trump made a brief but very important disclosure during a live interview with Sean Hannity while at a rally in Las Vegas. Hannity asked the president about the pending release of declassified documents. Here is how the president responded: Well, we’re moving along, we’re working along. We’re also dealing with […]

A brand of recalled heart failure and blood pressure medication was found to have a second, carcinogenic impurity. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said that three lots of Torrent Pharmaceuticals’ valsartan drugs have NDEA, known to cause cancer in animals and is believed to be carcinogenic to humans, according to a statement on […]

More than 75 women have come to the defense of Judge Brett Kavanaugh on Sept. 21, in light of allegations of sexual assault against him by a professor in California. The group of dozens of women took to the stage at a Washington, D.C. hotel to support Kavanaugh, who is being nominated for the Supreme […]

President Donald Trump said that the DOJ inspector general has been asked to review unredacted documents related to the Russia probe. The announcement came days after the president ordered the declassification of the documents. “I met with the DOJ concerning the declassification of various UNREDACTED documents. They agreed to release them but stated that so […]