Ukrainian officials have denied Russian claims that a United States-supplied Patriot air-defense system was destroyed in Kyiv by a Kinzhal-type hypersonic missile. “Don’t worry about the fate of the Patriot [system],” Yuriy Ihnat, a Ukrainian Air Force spokesman, said in televised comments on May 17. “Destroying the system with some kind of ‘Kinzhal’ is impossible,”…
Kyiv Rejects Russian Claims That Hypersonic Missile Destroyed US Patriot Battery
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Calls for Congress to Regulate AI Technology
In a recent hearing before the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, appealed to lawmakers to regulate artificial intelligence (AI), specifically addressing the advancements made in developing the advanced chatbot ChatGPT. Altman highlighted both the possibilities and potential pitfalls of this cutting-edge technology. “I do think some regulation would…
COVID-19 Patient With Lungs Destroyed by Ventilator Passes Away After Long Fight Against Hospital Protocol
Toy designer Mark Boudreaux has died after being left on a ventilator by a Cincinnati hospital for more than a year following his diagnosis with COVID. “We lost Mark this morning,” his wife Judy said in a text sent to The Epoch Times on Mother’s Day (May 14). Mark Boudreaux designed some of America’s most…
McCarthy Wants House Ethics Committee to Investigate Santos
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said that he would like to refer the issue of accusations against Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) to the House Ethics Committee to consider. “I don’t want to wait around for the courts to act,” McCarthy told reporters on May 16. “What I would like to do is have the house take…
IRS Audits Will Impact Small, Midsize Businesses, Expert Testifies
The Biden administration’s assurances that there will be no expanded tax audits on businesses and households making less than $400,000 per year applies to “total positive” income without losses, according to testimony before the Senate Finance Committee. Chris Edwards of the CATO Institute testified before the committee on May 16 on the issue of the…
Russia Renounces Cold War-Era Treaty Limiting Force Deployments in Europe
The State Duma, the lower house of Russia’s parliament, has adopted a bill paving the way for Moscow’s withdrawal from the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE). Signed in 1990, the CFE treaty sought to limit deployment of conventional military forces in Europe by both the Western NATO alliance and the Soviet-Era Warsaw…
Senators Rip Former Silicon Valley Bank CEO for Executive Payouts Prior to Bank’s Collapse
During a Senate Banking Committee hearing on Tuesday, senators denounced the actions of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) CEO Greg Becker, who has been accused of distributing bonuses and selling stock in the bank shortly before its collapse. “In 2022, in particular, you [Becker] paid yourself a $1.5 million cash bonus even as the value of…
Former Silicon Valley Bank CEO Apologizes for Bank’s Collapse in Senate Testimony
Former chief executive of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) Greg Becker issued a public apology before a Senate committee on Tuesday. Becker expressed deep remorse for the devastating impact suffered by SVB’s employees, clients, and shareholders during the recent financial turmoil that led to the bank’s collapse. “I never envisioned myself or SVB being in this…
Biden Nominates Cancer Specialist Dr. Monica Bertagnolli for NIH Director
President Joe Biden announced on May 15 that he would nominate cancer specialist Dr. Monica Bertagnolli to be the director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The nominee would be replacing former NIH director Dr. Francis Collins, who held the post for 12 years before stepping down in December 2021, and acting director Dr….
FEMA’s Emergency Food and Shelter Program Faces Intense Congressional Investigation
House Republicans have opened a probe into the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP) due to allegations that funds are being illegally used to facilitate illegal immigration. The investigation is being spearheaded by House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.), Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and…
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