Tensions remain high at Columbia University. On Friday morning, counter-protesters rallied outside the school, calling for Israeli hostages to be brought home. Arguments broke out as anti-Israeli students joined in the conversation.
Newly released body camera footage reveals that a top prosecutor in New York state refused to pull over for speeding and instead drove home and called the police chief to get out of it. The interaction between Monroe County District Attorney Sandra Doorley and Officer Cameron Crisafulli was made public on Friday. The video was […]
The troubled Philadelphia-based Republic First Bank has imploded, with federal regulators seizing it and arranging for it to be taken over by fellow regional lender Fulton Financial, in what marks the first bank failure of 2024. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) announced on April 26 that Republic First Bank—which did business as Republic Bank—was […]
Former Attorney General Bill Barr said Friday that he would back former President Donald Trump over President Joe Biden in the 2024 election and that he believes the real threat to democracy is not the former president but the progressive movement and its backing by the Biden administration. Mr. Barr made the remark in an […]
Three women have likely contracted HIV from receiving “vampire facials” at an unlicensed spa in New Mexico, making them the first known cases of the virus being transmitted during a cosmetic injection procedure, the CDC said. The cosmetic process known as a “vampire facial,” a less invasive alternative to a facelift, is intended to rejuvenate […]
President Joe Biden’s job approval rating for the 13th quarter of his presidency is the lowest of his term and is the worst among all presidents in modern history, according to a recent Gallup poll. President Biden “averaged 38.7 percent job approval during his recently completed 13th quarter in office, which began on Jan. 20 […]
Hertz Global had one of its worst days on record Thursday, with shares dropping 24 percent after the company posted a bigger-than-expected quarterly loss. The news highlights Hertz’s struggles with its electric vehicle (EV) rental business, which seemingly forced a change in its CEO. The company is slimming down the business due to weak demand, […]
Over the last several days, the Epoch Times website has experienced large-scale cyberattacks from the Chinese communist regime. A government intelligence agency confirmed to The Epoch Times the source of the attacks. Deputy chair of the Conservative Party Human Rights Commission Benedict Rogers said the paper’s truthful reporting on the regime makes it a target.
Former news anchor Dan Rather, who helmed the “CBS Evening News” desk for over two decades, is set to return to the network for an upcoming “CBS News Sunday Morning” segment following his controversial departure in 2006. According to a press release from CBS’s parent company, Paramount, the 92-year-old will discuss his “work at CBS […]
Former Rep. Peter Meijer (R-Mich.), one of 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump in 2021, has announced that he’s pulling out of the Republican primary race for a U.S. Senate seat in Michigan. Mr. Meijer made the announcement in an April 26 statement, in which he thanked his supporters and […]
One out of three US adults expects not to have saved enough money to retire, a recent survey showed. Another third is not sure whether they will have enough money. The AARP study surveyed more than 8,000 American adults 30 years old or more, regarding saving for retirement and various aspects of financial security. It […]
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) lashed out against conservatives on the Supreme Court after the April 25 hearing on President Donald Trump’s immunity claim. He said that the court’s conservative majority seemed so sympathetic and “partisan” toward the former president that the court may as well be relocated to the Republican National Committee headquarters. The left-wing […]
TikTok’s Beijing-based owner ByteDance denied media reports of selling the platform as the company faces a mandate to either divest the firm or be banned from the United States. “Foreign media reports that ByteDance is exploring the sale of TikTok are untrue,” the company said in an April 25 statement on news aggregation app Toutiao, […]
Republicans in the House of Representatives sent an April 26 letter urging major donors to Columbia University who are against the anti-Israel demonstrations to express their disapproval by way of their financial contributions. In the open letter to the Ivy League university’s donors, House Republicans, under the leadership of Rep. Eric Burlison (R-Mo.), urged donors […]
A freight train carrying gasoline and odorless propane derailed Friday near the Arizona-New Mexico state line and caught fire, leading to the closure of an interstate highway, according to authorities. The Arizona Department of Transportation said in an update on X, formerly Twitter, that the train derailment near Mexico has led to the closure of […]
The Department of Justice (DOJ) stands its ground on its refusal to surrender the audio recording of Special Counsel Robert Hur’s interview with President Joe Biden to the House Oversight Committee. Reps. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and James Comer (R-Ky.), chairmen of the House Judiciary and Oversight Accountability committees, warned Attorney General Merrick Garland that he […]
The Supreme Court indicated on April 25 that it would issue a narrow ruling refining the scope of presidential immunity while leaving the details of former President Donald Trump’s other legal battles up to lower courts. The most immediate effect of their decision on President Trump’s legal battles would be to delay his Washington case, […]
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is facing criticism for a handful of operational shortcomings, with a government watchdog taking the tax agency to task for several “significant deficiencies” in the areas of security management and access controls, including one that puts sensitive taxpayer data at risk. A recent audit of the IRS by the Government […]
Special counsel Jack Smith argued in a filing on Friday that Trump codefendant Walt Nauta failed to provide evidence of his assertions of selective and vindictive prosecution in his motion to dismiss charges in the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case. Among the several motions to dismiss filed by Mr. Nauta in the case, Judge Aileen Cannon […]
A federal judge in Montana on Wednesday temporarily blocked a law that required people to cancel any previous voter registrations before signing up to vote in the state or risk facing felony charges. U.S. District Court Judge Brian Morris said the law wasn’t clear about the procedure to undo prior registrations, agreeing with the plaintiffs […]
