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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia officials say they have an agreement with China Energy Investment Corp. Ltd. for the company to invest $83.7 billion in shale gas development and chemical manufacturing in West Virginia over 20 years.
State Commerce Secretary Woody Thrasher and China Energy President Ling Wen signed the memorandum in Beijing as part of the US-China trade mission during President Trump’s visit. Continue reading “West Virginia signs investment pact with China Energy”
The Federalist – by Margot Cleveland
When the Supreme Court meets later today to discuss pending petitions for review, the justices’ conference calendar will include a pivotal Second Amendment case: Kolbe v. Hogan.
In Kolbe v. Hogan, the full Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld Maryland’s ban of semiautomatic rifles and detachable ammunition magazines that exceed ten rounds. In doing so, the Fourth Circuit became the fourth federal appellate court to uphold the constitutionality of a ban on “assault” weapons and large-capacity magazines. The Second, Seventh, and District of Columbia circuits have previously upheld similar bans, and, to date, the Supreme Court has refused to enter the fray.
Continue reading “If The Supreme Court Takes This Gun Control Case, Its Decision Will Be Huge”
BEIJING, Nov 9 (Reuters) – China’s top state oil major Sinopec, one of the country’s top banks and its sovereign wealth fund have agreed to help develop Alaska’s gas sector as part of U.S. President Donald Trump’s visit, company and government statements said on Thursday.
Sinopec, China Investment Corp and the Bank of China will work with the Alaskan government on LNG marketing, financing and China’s role in developing the state’s major liquefied natural gas (LNG) project. Continue reading “Chinese companies agree to develop LNG in Alaska as Trump visits”
Nov. 08, 2017 – 3:11 – How the stain of communism remains on the modern world; James Rosen takes a look back for ‘Special Report.’
Continue reading “The long-lasting impact of the Russian Revolution”
With only 550 residents and a main street just 600 feet long, Castleberry, Alabama has certainly fallen on hard times. But the town has found a way to make its fortune: take it from someone else.
Lying on US Route 31, about halfway between Mobile and Montgomery, Castleberry has become one of the state’s worst speed traps. Earlier this year, 15 people filed a lawsuit against the town and its police chief, claiming that Castleberry police unlawfully seized their cash, impounded their cars or detained them against their will. Continue reading “Tiny Alabama Speed Trap Seizes Cash, Impounds Cars To Fund Police”
Washington has expended a whopping $5.6 trillion on wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Pakistan since 2001, according to a new study. That figure is more than three times what the Pentagon has claimed in official estimates.
Research from the Watson Institute of International and Public Affairs at Brown University found that as of late September, the US wars combined with “additional spending on Homeland Security and the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs” had totaled more than $4.3 trillion since the 9/11 attacks in 2001. That number surged to $5.6 trillion once likely costs were added for fiscal year 2018, along with estimated future spending on veterans. Continue reading “US spent $5.6 trillion on wars since 9/11 – study”
The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on rules regulating firearm accessories and the national background check system in the wake of mass shootings in Texas and Las Vegas.
Sen. Chuck Grassley‘s (R-Iowa) office announced on Tuesday that they will hold a hearing in one week on “firearm accessory regulation and enforcing federal and state reporting to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS).” Continue reading “Senate panel to hold hearing on bump stocks, background checks”
Ever since President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping shared a slice of chocolate cake at Mar-a-Lago in April, many have speculated about the burgeoning “bromance” between two of the world’s most powerful men.
Well, if anybody had any doubts about thelr “special relationship”, the opulent welcome that the Trump’s received upon landing in Beijing should put them to rest. Continue reading “Trump Receives Hero’s Welcome In Beijing As Chinese Roll Out The Red Carpet”
A federal judge Tuesday delayed opening statements in the trial of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy amid defense allegations that there may be recorded video related to the 2014 standoff at his Bunkerville ranch that the government failed to turn.
U.S. District Court Judge Gloria Navarro pushed opening statements back to Nov. 14 to give prosecutors time to track down the surveillance footage — though she agreed it was unclear whether the equipment had, in fact, recorded anything at all. Continue reading “Nevada standoff trial postponed as judge orders search for surveillance video”
PLAINFIELD TWP, Pa. (WPVI) — Police have charged a man in the shooting of a Pennsylvania State Police corporal Tuesday in Northampton County.
Daniel Khalil Clary, 22, of Effort, was charged with criminal homicide, attempted murder of a law enforcement officer, aggravated assault, disarming a law enforcement officer, escape, resisting arrest and related charges following a traffic stop.
Continue reading “Suspect charged in Pennsylvania State Police corporal shooting”
SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas (AP) — The gunman who killed 26 people at a small-town Texas church had a history of domestic violence and sent threatening text messages to his mother-in-law, a member of First Baptist, before the attack in which he fired at least 450 rounds at helpless worshippers, authorities said Monday.
A day after the deadliest mass shooting in state history, the military acknowledged that it did not submit the shooter’s criminal history to the FBI, as required by the Pentagon. If his past offenses had been properly shared, they would have prevented him from buying a gun. Continue reading “Texas church gunman fired 450 rounds”
Democrats are renewing their calls for gun reform after reports of a mass shooting at a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, on Sunday.
Multiple people are dead after gunfire erupted at the church, which is not far outside San Antonio, according to reports.
Sens. Bob Casey Jr. (Pa.), Dick Durbin (Ill.) and Kamala Harris (Calif.) were among the Democrats who urged Congress to act in response to the latest deadly shooting. Continue reading “Dems renew calls for gun control in wake of Texas church shooting”
For anyone monitoring America’s far-right, it was only a matter of time before Devin Patrick Kelley, the man identified as the Sutherland Springs, Texas, shooter, became “antifa.”
Antifa, a leftist protest movement with no organizational hierarchy whatsoever, wasblamed for the mass shooting in Las Vegas by Alex Jones’ conspiracy website Info Wars. They were responsible for allegedly plotting a civil war involving supersoldiers Saturday—one that utterly failed to manifest. And on Sunday, after a man murdered at least 26 people in a Texas church, the right’s conspiracy peddlers waited only a matter of hours to try to blame the violence on leftists. Continue reading ““Antifa” Responsible For Sutherland Springs Murders, According To Far-Right Media”
SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas — The gunman in Sunday’s church mass shooting had in-laws who attended the church — but those in-laws were not present at the time of the massacre, according to Wilson County Sheriff Joe Tackitt.
The in-laws came to the church after hearing about the shooting Sunday. The attack in Sutherland Springs left 26 people dead, included the visiting pastor, Tackitt said. “I think nearly everyone had some type of injury,” the sheriff said. Continue reading “Texas gunman’s in-laws attended church”
Police shot and killed a man, identified by law enforcement as Devin Kelley, 26, of New Braunfels, Texas, Sunday in Sutherland Springs after he allegedly opened fire on a community church. At least 25 people were killed and many more were injured in the attack. Kelly was identified by police as the shooter and was believed to be the sole person responsible.
Kelley reportedly entered the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs and began shooting Sunday afternoon. The town lies about 30 miles southeast of San Antonio. No motive had yet been ascertained in the shooting, Wilson County Sheriff Joe Tackett told NBC News. Kelly reportedly lived in a suburb of San Antonio and did not appear to be linked to any organized terrorist groups, an official told the Associated Press. Continue reading “Who Is Devin Kelley? Texas Church Shooting Suspect Killed By Police”
An Illinois police officer died Sunday morning after he was seriously injured during a traffic stop, police said.
The officer was conducting the traffic stop about 1 a.m. Sunday when he called for extra assistance, the Rockford Police Department said. Police responding to the call found the officer, identified as Jaimie Cox, suffering from life-threatening injuries. Continue reading “Illinois police officer killed after traffic stop”
Perhaps the most shocking revelation contained in the excerpts from former DNC Chairwoman Donna Brazile’s book was, unsurprisingly, buried in a Washington Post overview of the various allegations (and frankly, we’re surprised the Post, given its status as a protector of the Washington establishment, deigned to publish it).
In the aftermath of Wikileaks’ decision to publish a cache of emails stolen from the DNC’s servers, Donna Brazile says she became increasingly paranoid about both possible Russian efforts to sway the election. Surprisingly, she says top Democrats initially instructed her not to discuss her concerns with others. Continue reading “Donna Brazile Says She “Feared For Her Life” After Seth Rich Was Killed”
LAS VEGAS — More than three years after the 2014 Bundy standoff with federal officers near Bunkerville and after two trials in the case, testimony elicited in court Friday revealed for the first time that the FBI had one surveillance camera perched on a hill overlooking the Bundy Ranch.
A large TV screen set up in the federal officers’ makeshift compound carried a live feed from the images, National Park Service ranger Mary Hinson testified.
Her testimony came during questioning by defendant Ryan Bundy in a pretrial hearing held in federal court in Nevada. Continue reading “Days before trial, defense confirms FBI had surveillance camera outside Bundy Ranch”
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Yemen’s air force on Saturday targeted an airport in Saudi Arabia’s capital with a ballistic missile, according to Yemen’s Houthi-controlled Defense Ministry.
But the missile was intercepted over northeast Riyadh, the Saudi Ministry of Defense said in a statement carried on government-backed Al-Arabiya television. Continue reading “Saudi Arabia intercepts ballistic missile over capital”