Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake has filed an appeal. She is contesting a Maricopa County judge’s ruling to dismiss her lawsuit challenging the midterm election results. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Dec. 27 defended sending illegal immigrant buses to Washington, D.C., on Christmas Eve. Also on Dec. 27, President Joe Biden responded to border policy Title 42 staying in place for […]
President Joe Biden on Thursday signed an executive order bolstering a regulatory panel’s ability to scrutinize foreign investments in areas that are deemed critical for the U.S. economy. While the order does not directly mention the Chinese regime, it comes amid growing concern among U.S. officials about China’s investments in the American technology sector and […]
WILMINGTON, Del—Twitter Inc. needs to give Elon Musk documents from a former Twitter executive who Musk said was a key figure in calculating the amount of fake accounts on the platform, according to a Monday court order. Bot and spam accounts on Twitter have become a central issue in the legal fight over whether Musk, […]
Hong Kong’s Chief Executive-designate John Lee Ka-chiu traveled to Beijing last week to receive his appointment from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Lee, the sole candidate in the election, garnered 99.16 percent of the delegates’ votes and was declared the sixth Chief Executive of Hong Kong. On May 30, Lee was awarded a certificate of […]
China’s ruling communist party is likely not going to allow Marvel’s new movie, “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” to open in China’s theaters, after an Epoch Times newspaper box made a brief appearance in a clip from the movie, according to a long-time Hollywood executive and film producer. Chris Fenton, author of “Feeding […]
Twitter CEO and co-founder Jack Dorsey is stepping down as the social media firm’s chief executive, and Twitter CTO Parag Agrawal will succeed him as the firm’s new CEO, effective immediately, according to the company.
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem issued an executive order on Tuesday to restrict telemedicine abortion and chemical abortions in the state. The executive order (pdf) states that abortion drugs can only be prescribed and dispensed after an in-person consultation with a doctor licensed in South Dakota. Under South Dakota law, doctors are already required to […]
SEATTLE—A Washington state tech executive has been sentenced to two years in prison after fraudulently obtaining nearly $1.8 million in federal COVID-19 disaster relief loans. Mukund Mohan, of Clyde Hill, previously worked for Microsoft and Amazon and was making more than $200,000 a year as the chief of technology for the Canadian e-commerce company BuildDirect […]
