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WASHINGTON — American officials are intensifying efforts to build a giant stockpile of weapons in Taiwan after studying recent naval and air force exercises by the Chinese military around the island, according to current and former officials. Continue reading “U.S. Aims to Turn Taiwan Into Giant Weapons Depot”
The attorneys for the family of a Los Angeles Police Department officer who died during a training exercise earlier this year say he was investigating another officer involved in the exercise for gang rape. Continue reading “LAPD officer killed during training exercise by cops he was investigating for sexual assault: attorney”
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Citing a U.S. Supreme Court decision earlier this year, gun rights groups and firearms owners have launched another attempt to overturn Connecticut’s ban on certain semiautomatic rifles that was enacted in response to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. Continue reading “Gun owners, rights groups challenge Connecticut firearms ban”
Breitbart – by Chris Tomlinson
Alberta Justice Minister Tyler Shandro said his province will not participate in any attempts to seize firearms the federal government under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has recently prohibited, including so-called “assault rifles.” Continue reading “Canadian Province Refuses To Participate in Trudeau’s Federal Gun Confiscation”
The Biden administration awarded $41 million in taxpayer-backed government contracts to a new liberal nonprofit working to help illegal immigrants fight deportation amid the escalating border crisis, Fox News Digital has discovered. Continue reading “Biden admin awards $41M in contracts to new left-wing group that helps illegal immigrants fight deportations”
The U.S. Embassy in Moscow has urged all Americans in Russia to flee the nation following President Vladimir Putin’s “partial mobilization” decree last week.
“Russia may refuse to acknowledge dual nationals’ U.S. citizenship, deny their access to U.S. consular assistance, prevent their departure from Russia, and conscript dual nationals for military service,” the embassy warned Tuesday. Continue reading “Americans should flee Russia immediately, could be conscripted, US Embassy urges”
President Biden’s latest gaffe – no not the pedophile one – was quite the doozy.
While reading remarks during a White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health, Biden asked if the late Rep. Jackie Walorski (R-IN) was in attendance. Continue reading “Biden Asks If Recently Deceased Congresswoman Is At White House Speech”
OAKLAND — The Alameda County Sheriff’s Office has stripped 47 deputies — 10% of the force — of their guns and arrest powers because they failed psychological exams in the wake of a fatal double shooting allegedly committed by a former Stockton cop. Continue reading “47 California deputies stripped of guns after failing psych tests in wake of double slaying”
Fifty-one Republican lawmakers are sending a letter to three of President Biden’s Cabinet secretaries warning that national security is threatened by a Chinese Communist Party (CCP)-linked company’s efforts to buy farmland near an Air Force base in North Dakota. Continue reading “Republicans sound alarm over Chinese government-linked farmland purchase near North Dakota air base”
Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced Monday that the US committed an additional $457.5 million in “civilian security assistance” that will go toward the country’s law enforcement agencies. Continue reading “US Announces $457.5 Million in ‘Civilian Security Aid’ for Ukraine”
Congressional negotiators agreed to include nearly $12 billion in new spending on the war in Ukraine in a stopgap spending bill that will likely be voted on this week, Reuters reported on Monday. Continue reading “Congressional Negotiators Agree on $12 Billion in New Ukraine Aid”
Breitbart – by Jordan Dixon Hamilton
The FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s office in Los Angeles misled the judge who signed a search warrant that led to more than $86 million in cash being seized, the Los Angeles Times reported. Continue reading “FBI Misled Judge in Search Warrant that Resulted in $86M Cash Seized”
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed a law Friday that expands the ability of illegal aliens to obtain state identification — and tightens restrictions on state cooperation with federal immigration authorities to bar even health and safety exceptions. Continue reading “Gavin Newsom Signs Law to Expand State ID for Illegal Aliens”
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) voted unanimously last week to pass a plan to ban natural gas heaters and furnaces by 2030, ostensibly to reduce smog to meet federal ozone standards, and to lower greenhouse gas emissions. Continue reading “California to Ban Natural Gas Heaters and Furnaces by 2030”
The US launched an airstrike in Somalia on September 18, US Africa Command said on Wednesday, as the Biden administration continues to escalate its war against al-Shabaab. Continue reading “US Bombs Somalia, Says 27 al-Shabaab Fighters Killed”
Public Knowledge – by Sheva Stella
Thursday, the Senate Judiciary Committee marked up the “Journalism Competition and Preservation Act.” The bill proposes creating a “safe harbor” from antitrust law, allowing news companies to band together to negotiate compensation terms for their content with the largest digital platforms. The bill also allows publishers to restrict Google and Facebook from linking to their news stories, ultimately limiting the public’s access to credible information online. Continue reading “Public Knowledge Warns Congress Against Adopting Controversial Journalism Competition and Preservation Act”
A magnitude 7.6 earthquake rattled Mexico’s Pacific coast on Monday and left at least two people dead in its wake. Repercussions of the tremor extended as far as 1,500 miles north, where four-foot-tall waves began churning inside a Death Valley cave called Devils Hole, in what the National Park Service called a “surprising quirk of geology.” Continue reading “Mexican earthquake triggers 4-foot waves in Death Valley National Park”
A federal judge in Louisiana on Wednesday struck down a mandate from the Biden administration that required staffers at Head Start child care facilities to be vaccinated and to wear masks. Continue reading “Federal judge strikes down Biden administration’s Head Start vaccine, mask mandate”
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department has been drastically under-counting the number of state prison and arrest-related deaths, including failing to count at least 990 deaths in 2021 alone, a bipartisan Senate investigation has found. Continue reading “U.S. Senate probe finds Justice Dept undercounted state prison deaths”