Alice Stewart, a CNN commentator and veteran GOP strategist who previously worked on several presidential campaigns, has died. She was 58. Law enforcement officials told CNN that Ms. Stewart was found dead outdoors in the Bellevue neighborhood in northern Virginia on Saturday morning. They believe the death is linked to a medical emergency, and no […]
High insulin levels are directly linked to pancreatic cancer, a new study suggests. High insulin levels are common among people who have type 2 diabetes and obesity—two conditions that are known risk factors for pancreatic cancer. The new study from the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Canada sheds light on how insulin and its […]
Efforts to secure hostages held by Hamas have posed an “incredibly intense process,” with “absolutely no guarantee,” the Biden administration revealed Friday. The Hamas terrorist group exercises strict control over Gaza, where it is holding hundreds of hostages kidnapped from Israel when it attacked the country on Oct. 7. “We are going to do all […]
The Biden administration is set to develop the “National Strategy to Counter Islamophobia,” the first of its kind, Vice President Kamala Harris announced Wednesday. “The strategy will be a comprehensive and detailed plan to protect Muslims and those perceived to be Muslim from hate, bigotry, and violence,” Vice President Harris said in a video address. […]
The United Auto Workers (UAW) union and Chrysler-owner Stellantis announced a tentative agreement on a new labor contract. UAW President Shawn Fain confirmed the Stellantis agreement during a video appearance on Saturday evening. He said in a separate written statement that for Stellantis, “we have not only secured a record contract, we have begun to […]
Matthew Perry, best known for his role in the sitcom “Friends,” has passed away at 54, according to media reports. The cherished actor was found lifeless in a jacuzzi at a residence located in the upscale Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles around 4 p.m. on Saturday, according to the tabloid news outlet TMZ. Unnamed […]
The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Friday overwhelmingly approved a resolution calling for an immediate “humanitarian truce” in the Gaza Strip. The vote for the resolution, which comes amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas, saw 121 member states in favor, 14 against, and 44 abstentions. The resolution is titled “Protection of civilians […]
The U.S. military early Friday carried out airstrikes against two locations in eastern Syria linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), according to the Pentagon. The “precision self-defense strikes” were at the direction of President Joe Biden, and are “a response to a series of ongoing and mostly unsuccessful attacks against U.S. personnel in […]
An intruder was arrested on the morning of Oct. 25 at Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Los Angeles property, before being detained by Mr. Kennedy’s security detail, according to police. A spokesperson for the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) told The Epoch Times officers responded to a burglary call around 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, […]
The terrorist group Hamas has fired more than 500 rockets aimed at Israel but that failed to reach their target, instead falling on the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, according to Israel’s military. The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said that since the start of the war on Oct. 7, it has “identified about 550 failed launches fired by […]
Israel continued with its targeted air strikes against Hamas targets in southern Gaza on Sunday, having indicated it would intensify its attacks as preparation for the next stage of its war on the Iran-backed Islamic terrorist group. When asked about a possible ground invasion into Gaza, Israel’s military spokesman, Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari told Israeli […]
The president of a synagogue in Detroit, Michigan, has been found stabbed to death, with law enforcement working on confirming a motive for the killing. Samantha Woll, 40, was found dead outside her home in the Lafayette Park neighborhood on Saturday, police said. Ms. Woll served as the president of Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue. She […]
The Biden administration is working to bring back Americans who have been taken hostage by the terrorist group Hamas, President Joe Biden said. “We’re working on every aspect of the hostage crisis in Israel, including deploying experts to advise and assist with recovery efforts,” President Biden said Wednesday afternoon at a roundtable with Jewish community […]
Warning: The article below has images of graphic content. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is urging Palestinian civilians in Hamas-controlled locations in the Gaza strip to leave immediately, in the hopes that they will vacate before the Israeli military up their response to the Islamist terrorist group’s latest bloody offensive against Israel and its citizens […]
Israel’s military confirmed Saturday that Hamas has seized control of some Israeli towns and cities near the Gaza Strip, following a major surprise attack by the Hamas terrorist group. It is unclear exactly which Israeli towns and cities adjacent to the Gaza Strip have been taken over by Hamas. Hamas launched an unprecedented surprise assault Saturday […]
Israel’s military has declared a state of wartime readiness following the infiltration of dozens of terrorists into settlements and rocket fire into Israel.
Former President Donald Trump has endorsed Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) for the next speaker of the House when lawmakers return to the Capitol next week. Mr. Jordan, head of the House Judiciary Committee and founder of the House Freedom Caucus, is considered to be the favorite by several House Republicans who spoke on background, The […]
Former President Donald Trump has filed to dismiss his lawsuit against Michael Cohen, his former personal lawyer, but plans to revisit his claims at a later time. The former president sued Mr. Cohen in April seeking $500 million in damages over the lawyer’s alleged breach of attorney-client duties, unjust enrichment, and other causes. “Plaintiff, President […]
Two senators from the Republican and Democrat parties announced they’re seeking answers from Chinese-owned video-sharing platform TikTok after it hired several high-level executives from its Chinese company ByteDance. Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) told TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew in a letter (pdf) on Tuesday that the hirings “further [call] into question […]
President Joe Biden issued a statement late Saturday after he signed into law a stopgap measure to avert a government shutdown, saying, “we should never have been in this position in the first place.” Congress alone has the authority to approve government spending via annual appropriations bills. Twelve such bills are needed for each key […]
