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Thu, 01/12/2023 - 09:12
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WASHINGTON -- I am engaged in reading a very fine book by my colleague, Paul Kengor. It was written six years ago, so do not feel bad if you missed it. You still have time.
It is called "A Pope and a President." It covers the lives of John Paul II and Ronald Reagan, and, as its coverage is chronological, I just read its treatment of the assassination of President John…
Thu, 01/12/2023 - 08:16Washington
President Joe Biden speaks to reporters on the South Lawn of the White House on January 11, 2023. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)
(CNSNews.com) - This week's announcement that classified documents were discovered on Nov. 2 in at least one of Joe Biden's offices, including a Washington office that was funded by the University of Pennsylvania, is "just the beginning of …
Thu, 01/12/2023 - 07:25Washington
President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden return from vacation in South Carolina on August 16, 2022. (Photo by NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images)
(CNSNews.com) - A second batch of classified material has turned up somewhere in Joe Biden's orbit.
We don’t know how many documents were found or where they were found, but Republicans are redoubling their pressure on Attorney General Merrick…
Thu, 01/12/2023 - 06:47Washington
President Joe Biden walks past reporters without speaking (he was masked) on Jan. 11, 2023. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)
(CNSNews.com) - A special prosecutor should investigate Joe Biden's alleged mishandling of classified documents "because that's exactly how Attorney General Merrick Garland has handled Donald Trump's case, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) told Fox News…
Thu, 01/12/2023 - 05:38Washington
White Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre repeats the same non-answer as she's bombarded with questions about Joe Biden's alleged mishandling of classified documents on Jan. 11, 2023. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)
(CNSNews.com) - "I'm just not going to go beyond what the president said. I'm not going to go beyond what the president said," White House Press Secretary…
Thu, 01/12/2023 - 04:27International
Burqa-clad Afghan women in Kandahar. (Photo by Javed Tanveer / AFP via Getty Images)
(CNSNews.com) – Amid a continuing series of “troubling” new restrictions on Afghan women, the United Nations continues efforts to plead with the Taliban to reverse course, but with little evident progress as the fundamentalist group reiterates that its controversial actions are based on Islamic law (shari’a).…
Thu, 01/12/2023 - 04:16International
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif. (Photo by Olivier Douliery / AFP via Getty Images)
(CNSNews.com) – A Chinese Communist Party newspaper hit back Thursday at the establishment of a House select committee on the challenges posed to the U.S. by the CCP, accusing Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) of emulating his namesake who led Senate investigations into allegations of communist…
Wed, 01/11/2023 - 19:57Washington
Newly elected Speaker of the US House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy holds the gavel after he was elected on the 15th ballot at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on January 7, 2023. (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images)
(CNSNews.com) - House Speaker Kevin McCarthy pledged Tuesday that House Republicans will “look at every single dollar spent” by the Biden administration and “audit…
Wed, 01/11/2023 - 16:52
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“Texas continues to bus migrants to sanctuary cities & provide relief to our overwhelmed border communities,” Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott said Wednesday, providing the latest tallies of illegal aliens sent to four liberal, self-proclaimed, “sanctuary cities” located far from the southwest border.
“We're stepping up to protect our state in Biden's absence,” Gov.…
Wed, 01/11/2023 - 16:17
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Based on data from the UK's National Health Service and its Continuous Mortality Investigation, Sky News reports that the number of "extra deaths" -- deaths above the yearly average -- in 2022 were "close to the highest level in 70 years," and British officials are not exactly sure why this occurred. However, some of the extra deaths may be due to the delays (failures) in the NHS…
Wed, 01/11/2023 - 15:57
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Our government seeks more and more control.
Our government is not competent.
These two statements are both true, and together amount to a nightmare for institutional credibility. A government that seeks more control must at the very least demonstrate credibility in implementing its goals; a government that is incompetent can only regain legitimacy by limiting…
Wed, 01/11/2023 - 15:34
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The latest installment of the “Twitter Files” reveals a disturbing connection between Twitter and Dr. Scott Gottlieb, a Pfizer board member who used to head the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Gottlieb, FDA commissioner from May 2017 to April 2019, was a media darling during the COVID-19 pandemic, much like Dr. Anthony Fauci.
Pfizer Inc. is one of the…
Wed, 01/11/2023 - 15:18
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Television audience for Tuesday night’s woke, propaganda-filled Golden Globe Awards remained at the record-low set by its previous event, held in 2021.
“Based on the fast affiliate ratings from Nielsen (which are time period based and only approximate), the bloated 3+ hour live extravaganza averaged an estimated 5.36 million viewers,” Forbes reports.
Demoted from its…
Wed, 01/11/2023 - 15:09
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Cardinal George Pell has died at age 81. He had undergone hip surgery and was doing well until he apparently suffered cardiac arrest.
We mourn his death at the Catholic League. No priest of his stature was victimized in recent times more than him. He suffered mightily, spending over 400 days in an Australian prison for crimes he was later acquitted. The…
Wed, 01/11/2023 - 14:48National
Virginia's Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin.
(CNSNews.com) -- Two Republican lawmakers in Virginia introduced legislation today that would prohibit abortions in the Commonwealth after 15 weeks, the time at which children in the womb undeniably feel pain. The bill is backed by Virgina Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R).
Virginia Delegate Kathy Byron (R-22) and Sen. Stephen Newman (R-23) introduced the…
Wed, 01/11/2023 - 12:31Washington
President Joe Biden speaks with US Customs and Border Protection officers as he visits the US-Mexico border in El Paso, Texas, on January 8, 2023. (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)
(CNSNews.com) - House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said Tuesday that the reason why President Biden finally went to the border is because Congress was sworn in, and “he knows what’s coming.”
“Do you…
Wed, 01/11/2023 - 12:12
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Inflation, over-regulation, supply chain problems and staff shortages are devastating school lunch programs, a national survey by the School Nutrition Association (SNA) reveals.
“School meal programs are at a tipping point as rising costs, persistent supply chain issues and labor shortages jeopardize their long-term sustainability," SNA President Lori Adkins said…
Sen. Paul: How Many Vaccinated People Still Got COVID? 'So Many Lies. I Will Hold Fauci Accountable'
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(CNSNews.com) -- In a tweet of a video showing Dr. Anthony Fauci telling Americans in May 2021 that if they "are vaccinated, they can feel safe that they are not going to get infected" with COVID, Sen. Rand Paul remarked, "so many lies," and added that he would "hold Fauci accountable."
Dr. Fauci, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and…
Wed, 01/11/2023 - 09:47National
An American Airlines plane departs the Newark International Airport in New Jersey as the FAA lifts a nationwide U.S. flight groundstop on January 11 2023. (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)
(CNSNews.com) - In one of several updates on Wednesday morning, the FAA tweeted at 8:50 a.m. EST that "Normal air traffic operations are resuming gradually across the U.S. following an overnight…
Wed, 01/11/2023 - 09:42
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Ben Bernanke got a Nobel Prize for economics last month. Considering his tenure of government service, particularly his performance as Chairman of the Federal Reserve from 2006 to 2014, one wonders why.
During Bernanke’s tenure as Fed Chairman, the subprime mortgage crisis nearly caused the collapse of international financial markets, the oil price whipsawed from…