The appearance of virology researcher Peter Daszak, PhD, whose organization worked with the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) to study bat coronaviruses, drew the expected tough questions from House Republicans at a hearing Wednesday, but Democrats weren’t letting Daszak off the hook either. “Today we’ll hear from both sides that there are serious concerns about […]
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Dems ‘ride the fence’ on campus crackdowns
Senate Democrats in tough races are calling on college and university presidents to crack down on campus protests that have spun out of control, as images of protesters smashing windows and unfurling Palestinian flags are becoming a political problem for President Biden and his allies. But leading progressives are defending students’ rights to protest and […]
Denver’s neighbors say enough is enough
A hard no. That’s the message several counties around the Denver metro area delivered to Colorado’s capital city after it welcomed more than 41,424 illegal immigrants in less than two years. They view Denver, a city of 710,000 residents that has spent an estimated $120 million taking care of the border crossers, as a cautionary […]
Biden wants to immigrate Gaza Palestinians to US
The Biden administration is considering welcoming certain Palestinians to the U.S. as refugees as they seek to escape war-torn Gaza amid the ongoing war in the Middle East between Israel and Hamas. Senior officials across several federal U.S. agencies have discussed in recent weeks the details of potential options to accept Palestinians from Gaza who […]
Anti-Israel protests turn violent at UCLA
Police in riot gear swept onto the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles, early Wednesday, hours after New York City police retook control of an administrative building at Columbia University as opposition to Israel’s war in Gaza continued to roll through universities across the nation. Video posted on social media showed counterdemonstrators battering […]
Inside Biden’s flight program for migrants
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) data is revealing the more than 45 cities in the U.S. that hundreds of thousands of migrants have flown into via a controversial parole program for four nationalities — with the vast majority entering the U.S. via airports in Florida. During an eight-month period from January through August 2023, roughly […]
Columbia University protestors take over Hall
Dozens of protesters took over a building at Columbia University in New York early Tuesday, barricading the entrances and unfurling a Palestinian flag out of a window in the latest escalation of demonstrations against the Israel-Hamas war that have spread to college campuses nationwide. Video footage showed protesters on Columbia’s Manhattan campus locking arms in […]
Israeli PM Netanyahu not backing down on Rafah
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel will launch an invasion of the southern Gaza city of Rafah regardless of truce talks with Hamas. It comes amid ongoing attempts to try to reach an agreement for a ceasefire and hostage releases. But at a meeting of hostages’ relatives, Mr Netanyahu said he would invade “with […]
VP Harris courts Black Voters with economic tour
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday will launch a multistate tour to tout economic opportunities for Black Americans in an effort to mobilize a critical voting base for Democrats ahead of November’s election.A major focus of the tour is energizing and engaging Black men, according to a White House official, a key demographic shown […]
Pro-Israel college demonstrators fighting back
Pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel protesters have clashed at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) as demonstrations over the war in Gaza continue across US campuses. Nationwide rallies – during which there have been hundreds of arrests – showed no sign of stopping over the weekend. At UCLA “physical altercations broke out” after a barrier separating […]
American retirement is facing extinction
The dream of retiring after 60 is slowly dying among Americans, with one in four workers aged 50 and above who haven’t yet left the workforce believing they’ll never retire, according to a recent survey. The main issue emerging from the latest American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) Financial Security Trend Survey conducted by the […]
‘Bidenomics’ slogan scrapped by Biden campaign
Last June, in what the White House envisioned would be a turning-point speech in Chicago, President Joe Biden introduced a new slogan aimed at selling an economic revival. The mantra was “Bidenomics.” And on this day, the word was plastered everywhere: flanking Biden on massive blue signs as he talked up an improving economy, across […]