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Fri, 12/09/2022 - 04:33International
Russian citizen Alexander Vinnik is escorted by Greek police officers to a courthouse in Thessaloniki in 2017. Vinnik was extradited to the U.S. over the summer and is facing trial in San Francisco on charges relating to cybercrime money laundering. (Photo by Sakis Mitrolidis / AFP via Getty Images)
(CNSNews.com) – As the White House defends a prisoner swap with Russia that brought home WNBA…
Fri, 12/09/2022 - 04:21International
Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout behind bars in Bangkok, Thailand in April 2008. (Photo by Saeed Khan/AFP via Getty Images)
(CNSNews.com) – Russia’s human rights commissioner on Thursday hailed President Biden’s “pardoning” of infamous arms trafficker Viktor Bout, saying that it added a “moral factor” to the freeing of “this absolutely wonderful person who fell victim to American insinuations…
Thu, 12/08/2022 - 18:34Washington
Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) basketball player Brittney Griner (Photo by EVGENIA NOVOZHENINA/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
(CNSNews.com) - White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Thursday defended the Biden administration’s efforts to successfully secure the release of WNBA basketball star Britney Griner from a Russian jail in exchange for convicted Russian arms dealer…
Thu, 12/08/2022 - 16:14Washington
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(CNS News) -- The acting chairwoman and acting ranking member of the House Committee on Ethics announced yesterday that they have decided to extend an ethics referral regarding Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), which was initially transmitted to the committee on June 23, 2022.
"The Committee notes that the mere fact of a referral or an extension, and the mandatory…
Thu, 12/08/2022 - 14:30
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On his late-night television show Wednesday, Comedian/Commentator/Host Greg Gutfeld lampooned liberals and left-wing media for trying to find excuses to criticize Twitter’s new owner, Elon Musk, for purging child porn from the social media platform.
After first discussing how Musk had fired an employee, Jim Baker, for suppressing the news about Twitter’s suppression of news,…
Thu, 12/08/2022 - 12:03Washington
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(CNS News) -- The America First Legal Foundation filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the State Department seeking all records of what it asserts is the Biden administration's "practice of attacking the State of Israel's democracy through direct election interference" and "covert" activities.
In its Dec. 6 letter to the State Department, America First Legal…
Thu, 12/08/2022 - 11:40
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A review of Taxes Have Consequences, by Arthur B. Laffer, Ph.D., Brian Domitrovic, Ph.D., and Jeanne Cairns Sinquefield, Ph.D.
With Republicans having fallen short of their dreams of taking the Senate this year, it’s a sure bet that the usual suspects will soon be clamoring to raise taxes. However, the majority in the House is in a position to stop these economy-killing tax…
Thu, 12/08/2022 - 11:35National
WNBA basketball player Brittney Griner was found guilty by a Russian court of possessing illegal drugs. (Photo by KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images)
(CNSNews.com) - Rep. Michael Waltz (R-Fla.) says he's "always pleased" to welcome home an unjustly imprisoned American such as WNBA star Brittney Griner, but he also expressed dismay that the one-for-one prisoner swap announced today -- a…
Thu, 12/08/2022 - 11:23
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Anthony Fauci’s penchant for misleading the public about COVID-19 may be heading into a federal courtroom soon, owing to a lawsuit brought by the Attorneys General of Missouri, Louisiana, and the New Civil Liberties Alliance. On November 23, 2022, Fauci sat for a sworn deposition about his own actions in directing the United States’ pandemic response. Consistent with his past…
Thu, 12/08/2022 - 11:06Washington
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(CNS News) - When asked about his decision to vote ‘no’ on extra sick days’ coverage for rail workers in last week’s strike aversion, Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) said that “some of us didn’t know whether to stand with management or with all the tens of thousands of workers,” emphasizing that the deal “was going to get worked out one way or the…
Thu, 12/08/2022 - 11:05
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Last month, something old became new again. What’s new is that the world population crossed the eight-billion mark for the first time. What’s old is that, for more than two centuries, experts have been warning that we’re headed for calamity because our population is unsustainable.
When, in 1798, the world population crossed the one-billion mark, economist Thomas Malthus …
Thu, 12/08/2022 - 10:43Washington
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)
(CNSNews.com) - Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) is working on comprehensive immigration legislation with Sen. Krysten Sinema (D-Ariz.) that addressed the border crisis and provides a pathway to citizenship for Dreamers.
“We want to seal the border. We want to prevent 2 million crossings every year, and with Title 42 going away…
Thu, 12/08/2022 - 09:40
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In days of old, when knights were bold, and oil exchanges were not invented, prices were steady, supply was plenty, and Big Oil kept drivers contented.
Before the first Energy Crisis started in 1970, the oil industry was run by major integrated oil companies. They explored for, developed, and produced oil fields, refined the oil, and sold their products through their own…
Thu, 12/08/2022 - 09:29
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Today, the Catholic League erected a life-size nativity scene in Central
Park, on a piece of public property in front of the Plaza Hotel, between 58th and 59th Street on 5th Avenue. We received a permit from the New York City Parks Department, as we have for decades.
There are no Santa Clauses, reindeers, Jack Frosts, or any other secular symbols surrounding our…
Thu, 12/08/2022 - 09:11Washington
Cherelle Griner, wife of US women's basketball star Brittney Griner, expresses appreciation for President Biden's prisoner swap, a Russian arms dealer for Griner, newly freed from a Russian prison camp. (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
(CNSNews.com) - We'll keep negotiating in good faith for Paul's release," President Joe Biden said today, as he announced a prisoner swap -- a…
Thu, 12/08/2022 - 09:05
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WASHINGTON -- I have good news for my readers. I come with glad tidings. November was a month of clement weather throughout these United States. Not only that, but the weather reports for December are going to be even better. I predict the weather for December is going to be absolutely balmy, even tropical in our southern climes. Put away your ugly galoshes. Pack up…
Thu, 12/08/2022 - 07:59Washington
Migrants are processed by US Border Patrol after they illegally crossed the US southern border with Mexico on October 9, 2022 in Eagle Pass, Texas. (Photo by ALLISON DINNER/AFP via Getty Images)
(CNSNews.com) - Rep. Michael Burgess (R-Texas) said the ongoing border crisis will end only "when it's made a priority," and he said border security must come before any immigration reform.
The Biden…
Thu, 12/08/2022 - 06:51Washington
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, flanked by his fellow Republican leadership team, holds one of his weekly news conferences at the Capitol. (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)
(CNSNews.com) - In a rebuke of the "Republican establishment," conservative talk show host Mark Levin said those Republicans should stop blaming others for their election losses and look in the mirror instead…
Khashoggi Murder: State Dept. Won’t Comment on Court Accepting Its View That Bin Salman Has Immunity
President Biden and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Jeddah last July. (Photo by Mandel Ngan / Pool / AFP via Getty Images)
(CNSNews.com) – State Department spokesman Ned Price was asked five time on Wednesday if the administration was pleased that a federal judge had accepted its view that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was legally immune in a lawsuit relating to the murder of…