After a lengthy debate over numerous amendments, and despite the Biden administration’s promise of a veto, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives passed a bill on Jan. 27 limiting the Biden administration’s ability to draw from the nation’s oil stockpile. First introduced on Jan. 26, the Strategic Production Response Act passed 221–201. The measure is unlikely to clear…
Against Biden Admin Wishes, House Votes to Limit Strategic Petroleum Reserve Release
US to Sign Defence Agreement With Papua New Guinea
The United States and Papua New Guinea (PNG) are set to negotiate a defence cooperation agreement just after Australia and the southern Pacific nation agreed to a broad-reaching security agreement with neighbouring Australia. PNG will send a delegation to Honolulu in February for high-level discussions, but the agreement is expected to be completed by the…
Enes Freedom on China, the NBA, and Human Rights
“They’re pretty much trying to invade America from the inside,” Enes Kanter Freedom says of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). “Because they know they’re not strong enough to invade America from the outside. By buying these people and organizations, they’re trying to destroy America from the inside. People are letting them because they’re bowing down…
Google Curates Data for AI: Whistleblower
By curating the data that artificial intelligence (AI) uses to learn, tech companies like Google can bias the AI to censor information flowing on the internet, a Google whistleblower says. When Zach Vorhies was working for Google, he was concerned about how the company was curating data to generate AI biased with social justice or…
‘Green’ Products Often More About Social Appeal and Corporate Profits Than Environment
American consumers are reaching for “green” products on shelves more than ever this year while corporations are cashing in on a gold mine. Though evidence suggests the trend has little to do with helping the environment. The market for sustainable products and energy was valued at more than $15 billion in 2022. Analysts forecast that…
FAA Change to Heart-Test Limit Triggers Worries Over Pilot Health, Public Safety
Concerns and controversy are swirling around the decision by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to alter an electrocardiogram test limit for pilots. A researcher for an aviation advocacy group, US Freedom Flyers (USFF), stumbled upon the EKG change in December, several weeks after the FAA enacted it. Because the revision was made without a published explanation, USFF turned to a…
Top Officials’ Bios Lend Credence to GOP Allegations of Bias at National Archives
Amid the fallout from the discovery of classified documents in President Joe Biden’s garage and Delaware residence, leading Republicans are looking for potential bias at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). The formal keeper of the federal government’s records was already facing scrutiny for its connection to the August FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago, the…
China’s Ongoing Warfare to Dominate the Pacific
“Each country has a comprehensive national power numerical value,” says Cleo Paskal, a leading expert on China and the Indo-Pacific region, “and the overt goal of China is to be No. 1 in the world in comprehensive national power—economically and militarily.” In this episode of “American Thought Leaders,” host Jan Jekielek discusses the Chinese Communist…
LIVE NOW: Newsmakers (Jan. 18): Trump’s Potential Social Media Comeback
Kevin Stocklin, producer of “The Shadow State” documentary and Epoch Times financial reporter, discusses the World Economic Forum’s meeting this week and breaks down the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) agenda. Rob Henneke, executive director and general counsel at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, analyzes the Biden classified document debacle and the GOP response, and looks…
Newsmakers (Jan. 18): Trump’s Potential Social Media Comeback
Kevin Stocklin, producer of “The Shadow State” documentary and Epoch Times financial reporter, discusses the World Economic Forum’s meeting this week and breaks down the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) agenda. Rob Henneke, executive director and general counsel at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, analyzes the Biden classified document debacle and the GOP response, and looks…
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