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Biden Signs Temporary Budget Into Law, Averting Government Shutdown

President Joe Biden on Sept. 30 signed into law a continuing resolution (CR), likely averting the nation from a government shutdown with just hours to spare. The legislation passed the House of Representatives earlier in the day by a mostly party-line vote of 230–201, but with the support of 10 Republicans. The evening before, the Senate…


Firefighter and His Sons Fix House for Woman in Her 90s After Life Alert Pendant’s False Alarm

A Washington firefighter came to the rescue when an elderly neighbor’s “life alert” pendant went off. Although it was a false alarm, it turned out she did need a helping hand. Monroe resident Elsie, who’s in her 90s, was mowing her yard when, by accident, she set off her pendant, which she wears in case…


4 Die in Domestic Disturbance Where House Caught Fire

OAK FOREST, Ill.—Police in suburban Chicago responding to a domestic incident early Friday found three gunshot victims who were mortally wounded outside a house and later the body of another person believed to have shot them inside the home a short time later. In a news release, the Oak Forest Police Department said that officers…


House Passes Package of Policing Bills After Democrat Infighting

The House of Representatives on Sept. 22 passed a Democrat-sponsored package of policing bills amid intraparty divisions on the issue due to some progressives’ objections. The bills—which observers have pegged as a last-minute attempt by Democrats to beef up their public safety credentials amid GOP accusations of being “soft-on-crime”—faced drawn out negotiations between moderates and…


Republicans Only Need 6 Toss-Up Seats to Regain House Control: Analysis

Republicans only need to win six of 31 toss-up House elections in order to take control in the upcoming 2022 midterm elections, said a top election analyst. New ratings from the Cook Political Report, which is often described as “nonpartisan,” show that at least 212 House seats are likely to lean Republican. At the same time, about…


FBI Responds to Whistleblower Saying Child Abuse Cases Being Dropped in Favor of Jan. 6

The FBI responded Tuesday after alleged bureau whistleblowers came forward and accused it of moving agents from child abuse cases to “domestic violent extremist” cases. On Monday evening, House Judiciary Republicans wrote on Twitter that an unnamed whistleblower came forward and told them that the FBI is moving agents from child sexual abuse cases to…


The Impatient Patient (1942)

Telegram deliverer Daffy Duck is in a swamp, with a message for someone named Chloe, when he starts hiccupping. Unable to stop his hiccups, Daffy decides to seek medical help in an old house belonging to a Dr. Jerkyl, who advertises his services on a neon sign atop his house. Credit: Public Domain Movies –…


Lawmakers Ask for Probe of Airlines’ Use of COVID-19 Funds

Lawmakers in Congress are asking for a probe into the ways that airlines used COVID-19 relief funding amid an industry-wide pilot shortage. Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, airlines received around $54 billion in funds from Congress to help continue to pay their employees at a time when travelers were scarce. The payments continued…


Suddenly (1954)

In the city of Suddenly, three gangsters trap the Benson family in their own house, on the top of a hill near the railroad station, with the intention of killing the president of the USA. Credit: Public Domain Movies – Feature Films: Cinema collection: epochcinema.com Epoch Original content: epochoriginal.com Feature Films: www.theepochtimes.com/featured-films * Click the…


Pelosi’s Office Denies She Wants to Be US Ambassador to Italy

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is not vying to become the next U.S. ambassador to Italy, her office said on Tuesday in denying a rumor that was floated this week. Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo, citing anonymous sources, reported that Pelosi would be interested in the role if Republicans take control of the House in the 2022 midterms. Those…